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Advice on Bitbucket, Codeplane, and GitHub
Eric Seibert
DevOps at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · | 6 upvotes · 426.3K views
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We are using a Bitbucket server, and due to migration efforts and new Atlassian community license changes, we need to move to a new self-hosted solution. The new data-center license for Atlassian, available in February, will be community provisioned (free). Along with that community license, other technologies will be coming with it (Crucible, Confluence, and Jira). Is there value in a paid-for license to get the GitHub Enterprise? Are the tools that come with it worth the cost?

I know it is about $20 per 10 seats, and we have about 300 users. Have other convertees to Microsoft's tools found it easy to do a migration? Is the toolset that much more beneficial to the free suite that one can get from Atlassian?

So far, free seems to be the winner, and the familiarization with Atlassian implementation and maintenance is understood. Going to GitHub, are there any distinct challenges to be found or any perks to be attained?

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These are pretty competitive, and to recommend one over the other would require understanding your usage. Also, what other tools you use: for instance, what do you use for Issue-tracking, or for build pipelines. In your case, since you are already using Bitbucket, the question would be: do you have any current pain-points? And, on the other hand, do you already use Atlassian's JIRA, where you'd benefit from the tight integration? So, though I would not recommend one over the other just in general,. But, if Bitbucket fulfills your current use-cases, then there seems to be little motivation to move.

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Hi, I need advice. In my project, we are using Bitbucket hosted on-prem, Jenkins, and Jira. Also, we have restrictions not to use any plugins for code review, code quality, code security, etc., with bitbucket. Now we want to migrate to AWS CodeCommit, which would mean that we can use, let's say, Amazon CodeGuru for code reviews and move to AWS CodeBuild and AWS CodePipeline for build automation in the future rather than using Jenkins.

Now I want advice on below.

  1. Is it a good idea to migrate from Bitbucket to AWS Codecommit?
  2. If we want to integrate Jira with AWS Codecommit, then how can we do this? If a developer makes any changes in Jira, then a build should be triggered automatically in AWS and create a Jira ticket if the build fails. So, how can we achieve this?
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Sinisha Mihajlovski
Design Lead | Senior Software Developer · | 1 upvotes · 286.8K views
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Hi Kavita. It would be useful to explain in a bit more detail the integration to Jira you would like to achieve. Some of the Jira plugins will work with any git repository, regardless if its github/bitbucket/gitlab.

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Decisions about Bitbucket, Codeplane, and GitHub
Phillip Manwaring
Developer at Coach Align · | 17 upvotes · 315.7K views

Both of us are far more familiar with GitHub than Gitlab, and so for our first big project together decided to go with what we know here instead of figuring out something new (there are so many new things we need to figure out, might as well reduce the number of optionally new things, lol). We aren't currently taking advantage of GitHub Actions or very many other built-in features (besides Dependabot) but luckily it integrates very well with the other services we're using.

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Elmar Wouters
CEO, Managing Director at Wouters Media · | 7 upvotes · 473.6K views

I first used BitBucket because it had private repo's, and it didn't disappoint me. Also with the smooth integration of Jira, the decision to use BitBucket as a full application maintenance service was as easy as 1, 2, 3.

I honestly love BitBucket, by the looks, by the UI, and the smooth integration with Tower.

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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

What else do you review before asking for code review?

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Weverton Timoteo

Using an inclusive language is crucial for fostering a diverse culture. Git has changed the naming conventions to be more language-inclusive, and so you should change. Our development tools, like GitHub and GitLab, already supports the change.

SourceLevel deals very nicely with repositories that changed the master branch to a more appropriate word. Besides, you can use the grep linter the look for exclusive terms contained in the source code.

As the inclusive language gap may happen in other aspects of our lives, have you already thought about them?

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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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Kamaleshwar BN
Senior Software Engineer at Pulley · | 8 upvotes · 649.6K views

Out of most of the VCS solutions out there, we found Gitlab was the most feature complete with a free community edition. Their DevSecops offering is also a very robust solution. Gitlab CI/CD was quite easy to setup and the direct integration with your VCS + CI/CD is also a bonus. Out of the box integration with major cloud providers, alerting through instant messages etc. are all extremely convenient. We push our CI/CD updates to MS Teams.

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Gitlab as A LOT of features that GitHub and Azure DevOps are missing. Even if both GH and Azure are backed by Microsoft, GitLab being open source has a faster upgrade rate and the hosted by gitlab.com solution seems more appealing than anything else! Quick win: the UI is way better and the Pipeline is way easier to setup on GitLab!

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Nazar Atamaniuk
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At DeployPlace we use self-hosted GitLab, we have chosen GitLab as most of us are familiar with it. We are happy with all features GitLab provides, I can’t imagine our life without integrated GitLab CI. Another important feature for us is integrated code review tool, we use it every day, we use merge requests, code reviews, branching. To be honest, most of us have GitHub accounts as well, we like to contribute in open source, and we want to be a part of the tech community, but lack of solutions from GitHub in the area of CI doesn’t let us chose it for our projects.

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Pros of Bitbucket
Pros of Codeplane
Pros of GitHub
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    Free private repos
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    Simple setup
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    Nice ui and tools
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    Unlimited private repositories
  • 240
    Affordable git hosting
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    Integrates with many apis and services
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    Reliable uptime
  • 87
    Nice gui
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    Pull requests and code reviews
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    Very customisable
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    Mercurial repositories
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    SourceTree integration
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    JIRA integration
  • 10
    Track every commit to an issue in JIRA
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    Deployment hooks
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    Best free alternative to Github
  • 7
    Automatically share repositories with all your teammates
  • 7
    Compatible with Mac and Windows
  • 6
    Source Code Insight
  • 6
    Price
  • 5
    Login with Google
  • 5
    Create a wiki
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    Approve pull request button
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    Customizable pipelines
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    #2 Atlassian Product after JIRA
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    Also supports Mercurial
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    Unlimited Private Repos at no cost
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    Continuous Integration and Delivery
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    Academic license program
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    Multilingual interface
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    Teamcity
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    Open source friendly
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    Issues tracker
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    IAM
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    IAM integration
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    Mercurial Support
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      Nice UI
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      Great for team collaboration
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      Easy setup
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      Issue tracker
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      Great community
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      Remote team collaboration
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      Great way to share
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      Pull request and features planning
    • 147
      Just works
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      Integrated in many tools
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      Free Public Repos
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      Github Gists
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      Github pages
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      Easy to find repos
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      Open source
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      It's free
    • 60
      Easy to find projects
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      Network effect
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      Extensive API
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      Organizations
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      Branching
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      Developer Profiles
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      Git Powered Wikis
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      Great for collaboration
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      It's fun
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      Clean interface and good integrations
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      Community SDK involvement
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      Learn from others source code
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      Because: Git
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      It integrates directly with Azure
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      Newsfeed
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      Standard in Open Source collab
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      Fast
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      It integrates directly with Hipchat
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      Beautiful user experience
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      Easy to discover new code libraries
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      Smooth integration
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      Cloud SCM
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      Nice API
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      Graphs
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      Integrations
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      It's awesome
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      Quick Onboarding
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      Remarkable uptime
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      CI Integration
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      Hands down best online Git service available
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      Reliable
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      Free HTML hosting
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      Version Control
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      Simple but powerful
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      Unlimited Public Repos at no cost
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      Security options
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      Loved by developers
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      Uses GIT
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      Easy to use and collaborate with others
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      IAM
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      Nice to use
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      Ci
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      Easy deployment via SSH
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      Good tools support
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      Leads the copycats
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      Free private repos
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      Free HTML hostings
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      Easy and efficient maintainance of the projects
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      Beautiful
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      Never dethroned
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      IAM integration
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      Very Easy to Use
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      Easy to use
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      All in one development service
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      Self Hosted
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      Issues tracker
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      Easy source control and everything is backed up
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    Cons of Bitbucket
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    Cons of GitHub
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      Not much community activity
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      Difficult to review prs because of confusing ui
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      Quite buggy
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      Managed by enterprise Java company
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      CI tool is not free of charge
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      Complexity with rights management
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      Only 5 collaborators for private repos
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      Slow performance
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      No AWS Codepipelines integration
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      No more Mercurial repositories
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      No server side git-hook support
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      • 53
        Owned by micrcosoft
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        Expensive for lone developers that want private repos
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        Relatively slow product/feature release cadence
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        API scoping could be better
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        Only 3 collaborators for private repos
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        Limited featureset for issue management
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        GitHub Packages does not support SNAPSHOT versions
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        Does not have a graph for showing history like git lens
      • 1
        No multilingual interface
      • 1
        Takes a long time to commit
      • 1
        Expensive

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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 Codeplane?

      2GB for Git repositories. Unlimited users. One plan, one price.

      What is GitHub?

      GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.

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          What are some alternatives to Bitbucket, Codeplane, and GitHub?
          GitLab
          GitLab offers git repository management, code reviews, issue tracking, activity feeds and wikis. Enterprises install GitLab on-premise and connect it with LDAP and Active Directory servers for secure authentication and authorization. A single GitLab server can handle more than 25,000 users but it is also possible to create a high availability setup with multiple active servers.
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          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.
          Atlassian Stash
          It is a centralized solution to manage Git repositories behind the firewall. Streamlined for small agile teams, powerful enough for large organizations.
          Crucible
          It is a Web-based application primarily aimed at enterprise, and certain features that enable peer review of a code base may be considered enterprise social software.
          GitHub Enterprise
          GitHub Enterprise lets developers use the tools they love across the development process with support for popular IDEs, continuous integration tools, and hundreds of third party apps and services.
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