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And here I was all set to migrate my projects to Github tonight. I think I'll stick around a bit longer and see what Atlassian can do to improve BitBucket. On

And here I was all set to migrate my projects to Github tonight. I think I'll stick around a bit longer and see what Atlassian can do to improve BitBucket. On a side note, I paid my monthly subscription fee just a few days ago, but now everyone is on the same (basic, free) plan. Is that money just out the window?

amock 16y ago
Why don't you ask them for a refund and see what happens?
Timothee 16y ago
Does that mean you were going from hg to git? Any specific reason for that? Any opinion on the two? (I've been using git for a little bit but wonder if Mercurial could be more powerful but less popular, and that I'd be missing out)
- dmpayton 16y ago
  I initially decided on HG because I'm a Python developer, and a lot of other people in the Python community seem to recommend it (plus, HG is written in Python). Bitbucket had a free plan with a private repo, so I signed up. About the same time, my employer started migrating from Subversion to Git. For me, the two features I miss most in HG are the staging area and cheap local branching. There plugins that give you rough equivalents, but I haven't used them and it's much nicer to have what you need out of the box.
  - mgeisler 16y ago
    Mercurial does come with everything out of the box in the form of standard extensions that you just need to enable if you need them: * mq is a "staging area on steroids": http://stevelosh.com/blog/2010/08/a-git-users-guide-to-mercurial-queues/ http://stevelosh.com/blog/2010/08/a-git-users-guide-to-mercu... * bookmarks lets you name your cheaper-than-Git branches: http://stevelosh.com/blog/2010/02/mercurial-workflows-branch-as-needed/ http://stevelosh.com/blog/2010/02/mercurial-workflows-branch...
    - dmpayton 16y ago
      Thanks for the tips! MQ and bookmarks look like they could be a solid fill-in for Gits staging area and cheap branching. I'll definitely look more into them.
  - stonemetal 16y ago
    How is Git's branching Cheaper than HG's? The only major difference I know of is an almost immaterial implementation detail.
zeemonkee 16y ago
This was the email I got from Bitbucket: "Because accounts with 5 or fewer users are free, we will be canceling your subscription and moving you to the free plan (you will be notified by PayPal that your Bitbucket account has been canceled)." Not sure if that means you'll get your money back, though.
- ergo14 16y ago
  You won't, why should you? apart the fact that it probably costs them money to send them back, I for example am just happy that i don't have to pay from now on. Since I have only 2 private collaborators.

amock 16y ago

Why don't you ask them for a refund and see what happens?

Timothee 16y ago

Does that mean you were going from hg to git? Any specific reason for that? Any opinion on the two? (I've been using git for a little bit but wonder if Mercurial could be more powerful but less popular, and that I'd be missing out)

dmpayton 16y ago
I initially decided on HG because I'm a Python developer, and a lot of other people in the Python community seem to recommend it (plus, HG is written in Python). Bitbucket had a free plan with a private repo, so I signed up. About the same time, my employer started migrating from Subversion to Git. For me, the two features I miss most in HG are the staging area and cheap local branching. There plugins that give you rough equivalents, but I haven't used them and it's much nicer to have what you need out of the box.
- mgeisler 16y ago
  Mercurial does come with everything out of the box in the form of standard extensions that you just need to enable if you need them: * mq is a "staging area on steroids": http://stevelosh.com/blog/2010/08/a-git-users-guide-to-mercurial-queues/ http://stevelosh.com/blog/2010/08/a-git-users-guide-to-mercu... * bookmarks lets you name your cheaper-than-Git branches: http://stevelosh.com/blog/2010/02/mercurial-workflows-branch-as-needed/ http://stevelosh.com/blog/2010/02/mercurial-workflows-branch...
  - dmpayton 16y ago
    Thanks for the tips! MQ and bookmarks look like they could be a solid fill-in for Gits staging area and cheap branching. I'll definitely look more into them.
- stonemetal 16y ago
  How is Git's branching Cheaper than HG's? The only major difference I know of is an almost immaterial implementation detail.

zeemonkee 16y ago

This was the email I got from Bitbucket: "Because accounts with 5 or fewer users are free, we will be canceling your subscription and moving you to the free plan (you will be notified by PayPal that your Bitbucket account has been canceled)." Not sure if that means you'll get your money back, though.

ergo14 16y ago
You won't, why should you? apart the fact that it probably costs them money to send them back, I for example am just happy that i don't have to pay from now on. Since I have only 2 private collaborators.