We’ve been using Beanstalk to host our SVN for a while.. and we’re loving it. Here’s why.
SVN is nerdy. Source control is nerdy. That’s how it is. Beanstalk makes it less nerdy.
Setting up a repository and granting permissions is stupidly easy (as you would expect of a web based system like this)
Your changelists are laid out nicely on their site.. which totally beats viewing them in Tortoise.
Clicking on a list takes you to a list of changed files and even shows a nice diff.
It has lots of integration options, so you can use it with other web based stuff (or even your own stuff via the web hooks stuff. It can also email you on each commit.
You can export and download your SVN any time you want – if you want to make local backups or something..
Why can’t everything be this nice, clean and simple to use? It’s perfection.
Pre-emptive: “why not use git?” – Why use it? Yeah it might be better than SVN, but the advantages it offers don’t justify a swap.
Looks cool, might use it when I ever have to host something svn-like.
Yeah, i might have a look at it. Thanks Garry !
I signed up for this but I don’t have much to use it for.
Looks much easier to use, and more organized.
“SVN is nerdy. Source control is nerdy. That’s how it is. Beanstalk makes it less nerdy.”
Programming is nerdy, the Internet is nerdy. Being successful in a non-sporting field is nerdy. The sooner we as a society get past the negative connotations of the word the better.
Embrace the nerdiness, let it flow through you, let your transformation to the Dork side be complete.
How about no I like to see pussy on something other than my PC once in a while kthx
Someone is clearly insecure.
PRODUCT PLACEMENT AMIRITE.
You didn’t gave git a chance, did you? You’ll love forking. Forking rocks. You probably think it’s a pain because you are using SVN. But using git makes you LOVE forking. You’ll use forking for everything because it’s matter of seconds to create a fork, even less time to switch between forks. Forking <3
Swapping to git is done in about 5 secs. And even if you don't like it you can still access git with your favourite SVN-Client and have it's nice features under the hood (like cryptographic authentication of history).
Try it, I thought the same way you do before switching to it. Github is at least as nice as Beanstalk.
My point wasn’t that it was shit. My point was that SVN is working right now and we can’t go changing on a whim. (Plus Beanstalk supports git now)
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I like setting up SVN myself.
I like full control.
I don’t like 3rd party things.
Or atleast knowing one who can.
Looks entirely unexciting, how many of these clone websites do we really need?
How many have we got?
Totally unrelated:
Are you still sticking with JavaScript V8 for scripting? Is that working out or were there unforseen problems?
Mercurial > git mainly because of its REAL, COMMON, EVERYDAY USE OPERATING SYSTEM support.
Anyways, if you think DVCS doesn’t give you anything, you should check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8
I’ve heard Warehouse is quite good.
http://warehouseapp.com/