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Love the new Microsoft. For small side projects/prototypes, I have tended to not use version control (I know, the horror). I just stumbled across their free pri

Love the new Microsoft. For small side projects/prototypes, I have tended to not use version control (I know, the horror). I just stumbled across their free private repo storage this morning, and it's going to be a huge improvement in my at-home workflow.

baldfat 11y ago
Single User Git was the best thing I have done. I have backups and documentation.
- ossreality 11y ago
  What is "Single User Git"?
georgemcbay 11y ago
bitbucket also supports free private repos. I'm not suggesting you shouldn't try or use this option (I've always been a fan of most of Microsoft's dev tools), but I've been using bitbucket as my "side project" source code control system for free (incl. private repos) for years.
- ohitsdom 11y ago
  Nice, didn't know that. I'm a .NET guy though and have only used SVN and TFS at work, so now I can use TFS at home as well. Probably should learn Git with my next project...
  - giancarlostoro 11y ago
    Git comes with Visual Studio since Visual Studio 2013, so it's a lot more seamless.
    - tracker1 11y ago
      Though iirc git+ssh was broken... Not sure if it still is.
  - josteink 11y ago
    > Probably should learn Git with my next project... Do it. And I'm saying that as your fellow .net guy. The only downside is that you will start hating TFS at work for being so God damn dinosaury afterwards ;)
    - gnud 11y ago
      git-tfs[0] is excellent. Amaze your co-workers by actually usefully merging between branches, and work without the dreaded check-out! 0: http://git-tfs.com/ http://git-tfs.com/
      - josteink 11y ago
        I've looked at similar stuff before[1], but it broke under the immense pressure of our enormous branches. It was called git-tf and was java based. This looks similar, but the following line made me want to give it a shot: git-tfs is designed to work outside of any existing TFS workspaces. God I hate TFS workspaces. Archaic piece of shit. [1] https://gittf.codeplex.com/ https://gittf.codeplex.com/
  - louthy 11y ago
    I would definitely move to Git if you have the choice. TFS is a dog compared to Git. And don't even get me started on the shambolic 'local workspace' in TFS, how it's possible to make local access slower than server access is beyond me.
  - BigChiefSmokem 11y ago
    From what I understand, most people at Microsoft use Git - not TFS. The true power of Git shows itself when working on huge projects with a lot of developers and release branches.
    - ianceicys 11y ago
      Actually most people use TFS at Microsoft. Some 61,777 Microsoft employees as of last month were using actively using TFS(VSO - The cloud offering of TFS). Now the version control part of TFS is TFSVC and yes TFS does have the ability to host Git repos, but the number of Git repos at Microsoft is significantly, significantly smaller than then number of TFSVC based projects. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2015/06/03/team-foundation-server-and-vs-online-adoption-at-microsoft.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2015/06/03/team-found... Microsoft as a whole "gets" the need to move to better version control tools such as Git....but the larger products will take decades to move off of the internal version control tooling for example: Windows (Perforce\Product Depo), Office (Perforce\Product Depo), SQL Server (TFVC), etc.
  - mattmanser 11y ago
    TFS is fucking awful. And I do not say that lightly. It's really, really fucking awful. There's plenty of MS stuff i like, but TFS, no. That you'd want to use it at home makes me question your sanity.
  - baldfat 11y ago
    https://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1 https://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1 Is a good quick 15 minute tutorial
  - sorenjan 11y ago
    Atlassian have some really nice Git tutorials with comparisons to the svn workflow. https://www.atlassian.com/git/ https://www.atlassian.com/git/
integraton 11y ago
https://bitbucket.org/ https://bitbucket.org/ and https://about.gitlab.com/ https://about.gitlab.com/ have free unlimited private repositories. Both are excellent.
- baldfat 11y ago
  I use BitBucket and love it for all my single user projects.
- wernercd 11y ago
  This. Bitbucket all the way.
- M8 11y ago
  Never had any problems with BitBucket over a few years. Using Mercurial though, which helps.
- amyjess 11y ago
  It's also a pretty good use for a VPS, too. I mostly just use local version control for my stuff, but I enjoy being able to just push to the Mercurial repo on my Linode whenever I want to back stuff up.
  - lelandbatey 11y ago
    Indeed, plus it's fun to learn how to set up access controls a-la Github and Bitbucket for your own repositories. So you can do 'git clone git@yourwebsite.tld:project_name' as well as your own unlimited private repos!
  - McElroy 11y ago
    Also https://github.com/gogits/gogs https://github.com/gogits/gogs which I run on my VPS and though I still rely on GitHub first and foremost (because GitHub is way better), it's good to have.
- gcb0 11y ago
  i'm actually using visual studio with checkouts from butbucket. but i started a new project (that depends on windows anyway) on VSO to check out. honestly, i'd be really happy if my company ditched github enterprise to either of those.

baldfat 11y ago

Single User Git was the best thing I have done. I have backups and documentation.

ossreality 11y ago
What is "Single User Git"?

georgemcbay 11y ago

bitbucket also supports free private repos. I'm not suggesting you shouldn't try or use this option (I've always been a fan of most of Microsoft's dev tools), but I've been using bitbucket as my "side project" source code control system for free (incl. private repos) for years.

ohitsdom 11y ago
Nice, didn't know that. I'm a .NET guy though and have only used SVN and TFS at work, so now I can use TFS at home as well. Probably should learn Git with my next project...
- giancarlostoro 11y ago
  Git comes with Visual Studio since Visual Studio 2013, so it's a lot more seamless.
  - tracker1 11y ago
    Though iirc git+ssh was broken... Not sure if it still is.
- josteink 11y ago
  > Probably should learn Git with my next project... Do it. And I'm saying that as your fellow .net guy. The only downside is that you will start hating TFS at work for being so God damn dinosaury afterwards ;)
  - gnud 11y ago
    git-tfs[0] is excellent. Amaze your co-workers by actually usefully merging between branches, and work without the dreaded check-out! 0: http://git-tfs.com/ http://git-tfs.com/
    - josteink 11y ago
      I've looked at similar stuff before[1], but it broke under the immense pressure of our enormous branches. It was called git-tf and was java based. This looks similar, but the following line made me want to give it a shot: git-tfs is designed to work outside of any existing TFS workspaces. God I hate TFS workspaces. Archaic piece of shit. [1] https://gittf.codeplex.com/ https://gittf.codeplex.com/
- louthy 11y ago
  I would definitely move to Git if you have the choice. TFS is a dog compared to Git. And don't even get me started on the shambolic 'local workspace' in TFS, how it's possible to make local access slower than server access is beyond me.
- BigChiefSmokem 11y ago
  From what I understand, most people at Microsoft use Git - not TFS. The true power of Git shows itself when working on huge projects with a lot of developers and release branches.
  - ianceicys 11y ago
    Actually most people use TFS at Microsoft. Some 61,777 Microsoft employees as of last month were using actively using TFS(VSO - The cloud offering of TFS). Now the version control part of TFS is TFSVC and yes TFS does have the ability to host Git repos, but the number of Git repos at Microsoft is significantly, significantly smaller than then number of TFSVC based projects. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2015/06/03/team-foundation-server-and-vs-online-adoption-at-microsoft.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2015/06/03/team-found... Microsoft as a whole "gets" the need to move to better version control tools such as Git....but the larger products will take decades to move off of the internal version control tooling for example: Windows (Perforce\Product Depo), Office (Perforce\Product Depo), SQL Server (TFVC), etc.
- mattmanser 11y ago
  TFS is fucking awful. And I do not say that lightly. It's really, really fucking awful. There's plenty of MS stuff i like, but TFS, no. That you'd want to use it at home makes me question your sanity.
- baldfat 11y ago
  https://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1 https://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1 Is a good quick 15 minute tutorial
- sorenjan 11y ago
  Atlassian have some really nice Git tutorials with comparisons to the svn workflow. https://www.atlassian.com/git/ https://www.atlassian.com/git/

integraton 11y ago

https://bitbucket.org/ https://bitbucket.org/ and https://about.gitlab.com/ https://about.gitlab.com/ have free unlimited private repositories. Both are excellent.

baldfat 11y ago
I use BitBucket and love it for all my single user projects.
wernercd 11y ago
This. Bitbucket all the way.
M8 11y ago
Never had any problems with BitBucket over a few years. Using Mercurial though, which helps.
amyjess 11y ago
It's also a pretty good use for a VPS, too. I mostly just use local version control for my stuff, but I enjoy being able to just push to the Mercurial repo on my Linode whenever I want to back stuff up.
- lelandbatey 11y ago
  Indeed, plus it's fun to learn how to set up access controls a-la Github and Bitbucket for your own repositories. So you can do 'git clone git@yourwebsite.tld:project_name' as well as your own unlimited private repos!
- McElroy 11y ago
  Also https://github.com/gogits/gogs https://github.com/gogits/gogs which I run on my VPS and though I still rely on GitHub first and foremost (because GitHub is way better), it's good to have.
gcb0 11y ago
i'm actually using visual studio with checkouts from butbucket. but i started a new project (that depends on windows anyway) on VSO to check out. honestly, i'd be really happy if my company ditched github enterprise to either of those.