Comparing the pros and cons of Bitbucket to Github

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Saul picture Saul · Aug 11, 2011 · Viewed 30k times · Source

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I am considering the migration of source code from a traditional VCS to a DVCS. Since having a decent GUI web-based frontend and workflow tools are a must, the two obvious candidates are Bitbucket and Github.

Unfortunately I have no in-depth experience with either of them, so I'd really like to have a few second opinions before taking the dive. Especially welcome would be observations from a team/business perspective regarding day-to-day usage and features that have an impact on productivity.

What is Your experience with either of them? Any particular highlights or annoyances?

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stack72 picture stack72 · Aug 11, 2011

if you are new to them both then it depends on what you need. a free github account doesn't include any private repositories whereas bitbucket free account gives you unlimited private repositories.

this was the selling thing for me - I didnt want to initially pay for github as i was trialing it but i didnt want me code to be free for all as it was commercial. This lead me to choose bitbucket

I now use both (github for my OSS products and bitbucket for more locked down code) but I am moving my entire team away from SVN to mercurial as it was a simplier step to go to that git. From personal experience, it was easier to get to grips with Hg initially before git when I was using a DVCS for the first time. It didnt require the complex git install and could be used from within the windows cmd or powershell windows

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