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They also support Mercurial, which I personally find to be a way better scm tool than git. Not trying to start the classic hg vs git debate, just saying that i

They also support Mercurial, which I personally find to be a way better scm tool than git. Not trying to start the classic hg vs git debate, just saying that it's great to have the option.

maxxxxx 10y ago
For some reason the enterprise version doesn't support mercurial, it's only git.
- lmm 10y ago
  The reason is it's a completely unrelated product (previously known as "stash") that Atlassian pretends is somehow connected for branding reasons.
  - heywire 10y ago
    ...grumble grumble...Skype for Business...OneDrive for Business... (hate it when companies do this)
  - positr0n 10y ago
    Yep, the two products are even written in separate languages! Bitbucket Server is written in Java and bitbucket.org is written in Python. I was dumbfounded when I found out they were two separate codebases.
    - maxxxxx 10y ago
      I thought it's like JIRA. Or is JIRA self hosted also different from the cloud version?
      - lmm 10y ago
        I don't understand what you mean by "like JIRA". Remember all these Atlassian products have been acquired as what were originally separate companies.
- reality_czech 10y ago
  It's because mercurial is legacy, like darcs, bzr, monotone, and the other zoo of "git-alikes" that were big in 2008. Now it's just like MacOS Classic in 2000: there are a few die-hard zealots who claim that the interface is better in some indescribable way, and everyone else has moved on.
  - marcinkuzminski 10y ago
    Speaking as someone that works with Mercurial on daily basis, and also makes/sells software that supports Mercurial. I can tell you it's far from beeing legacy.
    - reality_czech 10y ago
      Some people work with COBOL on a daily basis. It's still antiquated.
      - raulk 10y ago
        What determines if a technology is considered legacy is not if there exists someone out there using it, but rather whether there are people actively adopting it at present. In this regard, Mercurial has slowed down and Git has clearly won the game.
        marcinkuzminski 10y ago
        There are companies adopting mercurial as they VCS of choice, either by moving out of svn, or choosing a new VCS
  - jordigh 10y ago
    Does this look like the commit log of a legacy product? https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg/ https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg/ Mercurial is very important for Facebook, Mozilla, Google, and others. The disparaging "legacy" monicker might be a good way to feel justified to not have to learn about it, but it's not dying software that is no longer getting updates.
tornadoboy55 10y ago
It's not better, it's just a million times more usable. A Ferrari is nice, but for day-to-day stuff I'd rather use a Volvo :)
- justinhj 10y ago
  The trick to git is figuring out the subset of commands that make it work like a Volvo
  - pc86 10y ago
    Why do that if you could just use hg?
    - orbitur 10y ago
      Because everyone else is still using git.
      - Siecje 10y ago
        There is a Mercurial extension that allows you to use hg commands to interact with a git repo https://bitbucket.org/durin42/hg-git https://bitbucket.org/durin42/hg-git
        eropple 10y ago
        My experience with hg-git has been that it is not always a great citizen with git repos and it can cause something of a mess. (This is a few years old now, because like the rest of the world I switched to git; it may have improved in the meantime.)

They also support Mercurial, which I personally find to be a way better scm tool than git. Not trying to start the classic hg vs git debate, just saying that it's great to have the option.

maxxxxx 10y ago

For some reason the enterprise version doesn't support mercurial, it's only git.

lmm 10y ago
The reason is it's a completely unrelated product (previously known as "stash") that Atlassian pretends is somehow connected for branding reasons.
- heywire 10y ago
  ...grumble grumble...Skype for Business...OneDrive for Business... (hate it when companies do this)
- positr0n 10y ago
  Yep, the two products are even written in separate languages! Bitbucket Server is written in Java and bitbucket.org is written in Python. I was dumbfounded when I found out they were two separate codebases.
  - maxxxxx 10y ago
    I thought it's like JIRA. Or is JIRA self hosted also different from the cloud version?
    - lmm 10y ago
      I don't understand what you mean by "like JIRA". Remember all these Atlassian products have been acquired as what were originally separate companies.
reality_czech 10y ago
It's because mercurial is legacy, like darcs, bzr, monotone, and the other zoo of "git-alikes" that were big in 2008. Now it's just like MacOS Classic in 2000: there are a few die-hard zealots who claim that the interface is better in some indescribable way, and everyone else has moved on.
- marcinkuzminski 10y ago
  Speaking as someone that works with Mercurial on daily basis, and also makes/sells software that supports Mercurial. I can tell you it's far from beeing legacy.
  - reality_czech 10y ago
    Some people work with COBOL on a daily basis. It's still antiquated.
    - raulk 10y ago
      What determines if a technology is considered legacy is not if there exists someone out there using it, but rather whether there are people actively adopting it at present. In this regard, Mercurial has slowed down and Git has clearly won the game.
      - marcinkuzminski 10y ago
        There are companies adopting mercurial as they VCS of choice, either by moving out of svn, or choosing a new VCS
- jordigh 10y ago
  Does this look like the commit log of a legacy product? https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg/ https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg/ Mercurial is very important for Facebook, Mozilla, Google, and others. The disparaging "legacy" monicker might be a good way to feel justified to not have to learn about it, but it's not dying software that is no longer getting updates.

tornadoboy55 10y ago

It's not better, it's just a million times more usable. A Ferrari is nice, but for day-to-day stuff I'd rather use a Volvo :)

justinhj 10y ago
The trick to git is figuring out the subset of commands that make it work like a Volvo
- pc86 10y ago
  Why do that if you could just use hg?
  - orbitur 10y ago
    Because everyone else is still using git.
    - Siecje 10y ago
      There is a Mercurial extension that allows you to use hg commands to interact with a git repo https://bitbucket.org/durin42/hg-git https://bitbucket.org/durin42/hg-git
      - eropple 10y ago
        My experience with hg-git has been that it is not always a great citizen with git repos and it can cause something of a mess. (This is a few years old now, because like the rest of the world I switched to git; it may have improved in the meantime.)