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Judging by the numbers, the Python community as a whole vastly prefers Git. Check the total # of projects at BitBucket vs # of Python projects on GitHub for exa
by kneath 15y ago
Judging by the numbers, the Python community as a whole vastly prefers Git. Check the total # of projects at BitBucket vs # of Python projects on GitHub for example.
Edit: No idea why this is getting downvoted. I'm just saying look at the numbers — 77,000 Python projects on GitHub vs. 53,000 public projects on BitBucket. You can disagree with other Python devs using Git, but the numbers are there.
- shykes 15y agoThis number can be deceiving. We are a 100% mercurial shop, yet all our repos are mirrored on github with hg-git. All this without ever having to deal with git.
- windsurfer 15y agoWhy do you mirror to github and not bitbucket?
- true_religion 15y agoThe github web interface is lightyears ahead of bitbucket's or any other sites. So even if you are choosing to use mercurial or god-forbid CVS, its best to mirror to github for public sharing.
- shykes 15y agoBitbucket is in fact our primary code hosting service. We use github as a mirror of that. We mirror to github for the social and discovery benefits. The UI has very little to do with it as far as I'm concerned.
- true_religion 15y agoI prefer projects on Github because of the superior UI. Github positions the code front-and-center, and makes it very easy to browse through it online without having to download the entire file. Additionally, the front-page shows code up top and readme right below. Bitbucket projects often show an empty wiki, or worse a useless "overview" that just tells when the commits to the project occurred. The social and discovery benefits of Github are directly related to its UI (or if you prefer, call it UX since its all encompassing).
- trafficlight 15y agoTo follow up with another anecdote: Every time I'm browsing some random Python module documentation, it's almost always on Github.