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Bitbucket vs Git: What are the differences?

Bitbucket is a code hosting platform built on Git, while Git is a distributed version control system. Bitbucket provides a centralized platform for managing code repositories and collaboration, while Git offers speed and flexibility for efficient code management and collaboration. Here are the key differences between Bitbucket and Git:

  1. Functionality and Scope: Git is a distributed version control system (DVCS) that allows developers to track changes to source code and collaborate on projects. It provides essential version control functionalities like branching, merging, and committing code. On the other hand, Bitbucket is a web-based hosting platform for Git repositories. It extends the functionality of Git by providing additional features like issue tracking, pull requests, code reviews, and continuous integration (CI) capabilities. Bitbucket also offers project management tools and integrations with other development tools.

  2. Hosting and Collaboration: Git is primarily a command-line tool that operates locally on a developer's machine. It allows developers to create and manage repositories on their own infrastructure or use third-party hosting platforms like GitHub or Bitbucket. Bitbucket, specifically designed for hosting Git repositories, provides a user-friendly web interface for managing repositories, collaborating with team members, and controlling access to code.

  3. Deployment and Integration: Git is primarily focused on version control and does not include built-in deployment or CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment) capabilities. However, Git can be integrated with various CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Travis CI, or GitLab CI/CD for automated build and deployment processes. Bitbucket, on the other hand, includes built-in CI/CD capabilities through its Pipelines feature. It allows developers to define pipelines using configuration files, run automated tests, and deploy applications directly from Bitbucket.

  4. Licensing and Pricing: Git is an open-source version control system released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It is free to use and can be installed and hosted on any infrastructure. Bitbucket provides both free and paid plans, with additional features and capabilities available in the paid versions. Bitbucket is also available as a cloud-hosted service, which eliminates the need for self-hosting infrastructure.

In summary, Git is a powerful distributed version control system that focuses on core version control functionalities and can be used with various hosting platforms. Bitbucket, on the other hand, is a web-based hosting platform that extends Git's functionalities by providing additional collaboration features, project management tools, and built-in CI/CD capabilities.

Decisions about Bitbucket and Git
Weverton Timoteo

Do you review your Pull/Merge Request before assigning Reviewers?

If you work in a team opening a Pull Request (or Merge Request) looks appropriate. However, have you ever thought about opening a Pull/Merge Request when working by yourself? Here's a checklist of things you can review in your own:

  • Pick the correct target branch
  • Make Drafts explicit
  • Name things properly
  • Ask help for tools
  • Remove the noise
  • Fetch necessary data
  • Understand Mergeability
  • Pass the message
  • Add screenshots
  • Be found in the future
  • Comment inline in your changes

Read the blog post for more detailed explanation for each item :D

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Weverton Timoteo

One of the magic tricks git performs is the ability to rewrite log history. You can do it in many ways, but git rebase -i is the one I most use. With this command, It’s possible to switch commits order, remove a commit, squash two or more commits, or edit, for instance.

It’s particularly useful to run it before opening a pull request. It allows developers to “clean up” the mess and organize commits before submitting to review. If you follow the practice 3 and 4, then the list of commits should look very similar to a task list. It should reveal the rationale you had, telling the story of how you end up with that final code.

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Pros of Bitbucket
Pros of Git
  • 905
    Free private repos
  • 397
    Simple setup
  • 349
    Nice ui and tools
  • 342
    Unlimited private repositories
  • 240
    Affordable git hosting
  • 123
    Integrates with many apis and services
  • 119
    Reliable uptime
  • 87
    Nice gui
  • 85
    Pull requests and code reviews
  • 58
    Very customisable
  • 16
    Mercurial repositories
  • 14
    SourceTree integration
  • 12
    JIRA integration
  • 10
    Track every commit to an issue in JIRA
  • 8
    Deployment hooks
  • 8
    Best free alternative to Github
  • 7
    Automatically share repositories with all your teammates
  • 7
    Source Code Insight
  • 7
    Compatible with Mac and Windows
  • 6
    Price
  • 5
    Login with Google
  • 5
    Create a wiki
  • 5
    Approve pull request button
  • 4
    Customizable pipelines
  • 4
    #2 Atlassian Product after JIRA
  • 3
    Unlimited Private Repos at no cost
  • 3
    Also supports Mercurial
  • 3
    Continuous Integration and Delivery
  • 2
    Mercurial Support
  • 2
    Multilingual interface
  • 2
    Teamcity
  • 2
    Open source friendly
  • 2
    Issues tracker
  • 2
    IAM
  • 2
    Academic license program
  • 2
    IAM integration
  • 1.4K
    Distributed version control system
  • 1.1K
    Efficient branching and merging
  • 959
    Fast
  • 845
    Open source
  • 726
    Better than svn
  • 368
    Great command-line application
  • 306
    Simple
  • 291
    Free
  • 232
    Easy to use
  • 222
    Does not require server
  • 27
    Distributed
  • 22
    Small & Fast
  • 18
    Feature based workflow
  • 15
    Staging Area
  • 13
    Most wide-spread VSC
  • 11
    Role-based codelines
  • 11
    Disposable Experimentation
  • 7
    Frictionless Context Switching
  • 6
    Data Assurance
  • 5
    Efficient
  • 4
    Just awesome
  • 3
    Github integration
  • 3
    Easy branching and merging
  • 2
    Compatible
  • 2
    Flexible
  • 2
    Possible to lose history and commits
  • 1
    Rebase supported natively; reflog; access to plumbing
  • 1
    Light
  • 1
    Team Integration
  • 1
    Fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
  • 1
    Easy
  • 1
    Flexible, easy, Safe, and fast
  • 1
    CLI is great, but the GUI tools are awesome
  • 1
    It's what you do
  • 0
    Phinx

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Cons of Bitbucket
Cons of Git
  • 19
    Not much community activity
  • 17
    Difficult to review prs because of confusing ui
  • 15
    Quite buggy
  • 10
    Managed by enterprise Java company
  • 8
    CI tool is not free of charge
  • 7
    Complexity with rights management
  • 6
    Only 5 collaborators for private repos
  • 4
    Slow performance
  • 2
    No AWS Codepipelines integration
  • 1
    No more Mercurial repositories
  • 1
    No server side git-hook support
  • 16
    Hard to learn
  • 11
    Inconsistent command line interface
  • 9
    Easy to lose uncommitted work
  • 8
    Worst documentation ever possibly made
  • 5
    Awful merge handling
  • 3
    Unexistent preventive security flows
  • 3
    Rebase hell
  • 2
    Ironically even die-hard supporters screw up badly
  • 2
    When --force is disabled, cannot rebase
  • 1
    Doesn't scale for big data

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What is Bitbucket?

Bitbucket gives teams one place to plan projects, collaborate on code, test and deploy, all with free private Git repositories. Teams choose Bitbucket because it has a superior Jira integration, built-in CI/CD, & is free for up to 5 users.

What is Git?

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

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