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bitbucket.org allows you to host One private mercurial repository for free. You might want to go with mercurial because it's arguably as good as git while havin

by FraaJad 17y ago

bitbucket.org allows you to host One private mercurial repository for free. You might want to go with mercurial because it's arguably as good as git while having a better tool support on windows. Of course, it works excellently on linux and mac. If you prefer git, you can set up your own git repository with little effort by following this tutorial: http://scie.nti.st/2007/11/14/hosting-git-repositories-the-easy-and-secure-way http://scie.nti.st/2007/11/14/hosting-git-repositories-the-e... I have used this tutorial to set up repos at work and a private repo. AFAIK, github does not provide any private repositories for free.

silas 17y ago
... for free.
uggedal 17y ago
I started with one free private repository on bitbucket. After I started a second venture last week I signed up for their basic account ($5, 5 private repositories, 500GB). I use both git and mercurial, so I could just as well have signed up with github.com. The reason for choosing bitbucket? Stability and speed. I've encountered 50+ error pages on github and on several occasions their servers were down when I needed access to some code. I also feel their site it a little slow at times (it was pretty snappy in their invite only beta days though). Bitbucket on the other hand have never failed me (user for ~1 year) and the UI is very responsive.