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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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
What else do you review before asking for code review?
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.
Pros of Bitbucket
- Free private repos905
- Simple setup397
- Nice ui and tools349
- Unlimited private repositories342
- Affordable git hosting240
- Integrates with many apis and services123
- Reliable uptime119
- Nice gui87
- Pull requests and code reviews85
- Very customisable58
- Mercurial repositories16
- SourceTree integration14
- JIRA integration12
- Track every commit to an issue in JIRA10
- Deployment hooks8
- Best free alternative to Github8
- Automatically share repositories with all your teammates7
- Source Code Insight7
- Compatible with Mac and Windows7
- Price6
- Login with Google5
- Create a wiki5
- Approve pull request button5
- Customizable pipelines4
- #2 Atlassian Product after JIRA4
- Unlimited Private Repos at no cost3
- Also supports Mercurial3
- Continuous Integration and Delivery3
- Mercurial Support2
- Multilingual interface2
- Teamcity2
- Open source friendly2
- Issues tracker2
- IAM2
- Academic license program2
- IAM integration2
Pros of Git
- Distributed version control system1.4K
- Efficient branching and merging1.1K
- Fast959
- Open source845
- Better than svn726
- Great command-line application368
- Simple306
- Free291
- Easy to use232
- Does not require server222
- Distributed27
- Small & Fast22
- Feature based workflow18
- Staging Area15
- Most wide-spread VSC13
- Role-based codelines11
- Disposable Experimentation11
- Frictionless Context Switching7
- Data Assurance6
- Efficient5
- Just awesome4
- Github integration3
- Easy branching and merging3
- Compatible2
- Flexible2
- Possible to lose history and commits2
- Rebase supported natively; reflog; access to plumbing1
- Light1
- Team Integration1
- Fast, scalable, distributed revision control system1
- Easy1
- Flexible, easy, Safe, and fast1
- CLI is great, but the GUI tools are awesome1
- It's what you do1
- Phinx0
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Cons of Bitbucket
- Not much community activity19
- Difficult to review prs because of confusing ui17
- Quite buggy15
- Managed by enterprise Java company10
- CI tool is not free of charge8
- Complexity with rights management7
- Only 5 collaborators for private repos6
- Slow performance4
- No AWS Codepipelines integration2
- No more Mercurial repositories1
- No server side git-hook support1
Cons of Git
- Hard to learn16
- Inconsistent command line interface11
- Easy to lose uncommitted work9
- Worst documentation ever possibly made8
- Awful merge handling5
- Unexistent preventive security flows3
- Rebase hell3
- Ironically even die-hard supporters screw up badly2
- When --force is disabled, cannot rebase2
- Doesn't scale for big data1
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