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I'm new to DVCS, and I recently setup a Bitbucket account which offers free unlimited space and repositories. Github does seem to be far more popular, though.

by corey 16y ago

I'm new to DVCS, and I recently setup a Bitbucket account which offers free unlimited space and repositories. Github does seem to be far more popular, though. What makes Github better and worth paying for?

mnutt 16y ago
I haven't used bitbucket much, but things like the Compare view make Github really nice: https://github.com/rails/rails/compare/v3.0.2...3-0-stable https://github.com/rails/rails/compare/v3.0.2...3-0-stable Github Pages are really useful. Maintaining a project site is really easy when you can just create a gh-pages branch and push to it to update your site. Also, network effects are undeniably part of the appeal. I'm much more likely to hack on a project or library if I can fork it on Github. It makes for a nice workflow.
storborg 16y ago
It's more a matter of git vs. mercurial than Github vs. Bitbucket.
- kneath 16y ago
  Hm, I guess I disagree — http://hg-git.github.com http://hg-git.github.com We have a ton of mercurial users on GitHub using hg every day.
  - storborg 16y ago
    Sure, I totally agree. But going the other way is much less practical/pleasant. hg-git is one of the things Github has going for it.
steveklabnik 16y ago
I don't know anything about the guys behind Bitbucket. I have used a ton of software (not to mention config files!) that GitHub puts out as open source. So I support them. Oh, and the interface is gorgeous, BitBucket's feels really tacky. There aren't many outages, and an outage has yet to actually affect me. Just really happy with GitHub in general.
jrockway 16y ago
GitHub is popular for the free open-source hosting, which offers limitless free repositories. The only catch is that anyone can view them. When you pay GitHub money, then you get non-public repositories.
- cherring 16y ago
  I'm sorry how is that a catch? Seems to me that is key to it being Open Source and freely available?

by corey 16y ago

mnutt 16y ago

I haven't used bitbucket much, but things like the Compare view make Github really nice: https://github.com/rails/rails/compare/v3.0.2...3-0-stable https://github.com/rails/rails/compare/v3.0.2...3-0-stable Github Pages are really useful. Maintaining a project site is really easy when you can just create a gh-pages branch and push to it to update your site. Also, network effects are undeniably part of the appeal. I'm much more likely to hack on a project or library if I can fork it on Github. It makes for a nice workflow.

storborg 16y ago

It's more a matter of git vs. mercurial than Github vs. Bitbucket.

kneath 16y ago
Hm, I guess I disagree — http://hg-git.github.com http://hg-git.github.com We have a ton of mercurial users on GitHub using hg every day.
- storborg 16y ago
  Sure, I totally agree. But going the other way is much less practical/pleasant. hg-git is one of the things Github has going for it.

steveklabnik 16y ago

I don't know anything about the guys behind Bitbucket. I have used a ton of software (not to mention config files!) that GitHub puts out as open source. So I support them. Oh, and the interface is gorgeous, BitBucket's feels really tacky. There aren't many outages, and an outage has yet to actually affect me. Just really happy with GitHub in general.

jrockway 16y ago

GitHub is popular for the free open-source hosting, which offers limitless free repositories. The only catch is that anyone can view them. When you pay GitHub money, then you get non-public repositories.

cherring 16y ago
I'm sorry how is that a catch? Seems to me that is key to it being Open Source and freely available?