Edit your code in the cloud with bitbucket

http://blog.bitbucket.org/2013/05/14/edit-your-code-in-the-cloud-with-bitbucket/

by planckscnst • 13 years ago

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planckscnst3• 13 years ago

I'm really hoping they give us a way of organizing our repositories next.

https://bitbucket.org/site/master/issue/2323/create-a-way-to...

planckscnst3• 13 years ago

mixedbit2• 13 years ago

I don't find such feature very useful. Without a way to execute code or run tests it seems too easy to break something.

jval• 13 years ago

It's just a start, I'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult to add these features in future for popular languages if there is demand for it. It's pretty exciting IMHO.

mixedbit2• 13 years ago

Executing code would actually be very difficult. They would need to configure an isolated VM for each run (for security) and somehow figure out a generic way to install/configure dependencies.

rschmitty• 13 years ago

It is nice at least for editing .md files to update readme/instructions/etc.

Sometimes I want to do a quick edit without having to cd directory, make sure I'm up to date, edit file, add/commit/push just for a md file in the repo

inthewind2• 13 years ago

If using the web interface feels better for something like that, it shows just how bad the alternative is. It's not nice when something like source control feels like it gets in the way, but it could be mitigated by having better/easier client tools.

I totally get why you'd want to do that.

otherdave• 13 years ago

I've used GitHub's online edit for this very reason, but mostly for other people's repos. If I'm reading a README or docs to figure out if I like a library or want to use it I'll submit pull requests from my browser to fix typos or unclear/incorrect sections.

It wasn't a critical update, but one that wouldn't have happened if I had to fork/clone/push/pull-request it.

kmfrk• 13 years ago

Exactly.

It's only a useless feature, if you think people who don't think a service by BitBucket will ever be used by people unfamiliar with git and programming.

I for one am very pleased with the opportunity for crowd-sourcing fixes and improvements to open-source websites and projects - especially for people whose interest in them is not grounded in the programming aspect.

Alphasite_• 13 years ago

IF you had it hooked up to something like heroku, then it could be pretty useful, not the best option, but still useful sometimes.

bluedino• 13 years ago

Deploy to staging or test environment.

daigoba66• 13 years ago

I have a CI server which polls for the latest. It compiles and executes tests. If something fails I get notified (e-mail, etc).

As long as you have something like this in place, it doesn't matter how the change gets committed to the repository.

blktiger• 13 years ago

One major reason for this feature is that it's used to edit the wikis. Wikis are git projects in bitbucket so you can check them out and edit them locally, or edit them in bitbucket. For the less technical users collaborating on a project, I'd say that this feature is a big win.

notatoad• 13 years ago

bitbucket can ping a web hook on every commit. set up a hook that pulls the code to your test server and runs your test suite.

defuzz6• 13 years ago

I fail to understand why I shouldn't use my favorite editor, I'd call it a non-feature (useless, not available from the competion because it is useless).

elithrar• 13 years ago

"not available from the competition..."

GitHub has this feature, FWIW.

defuzz6• 13 years ago

A good example of creeping featurism.

mcrittenden2• 13 years ago

I know that I've used GitHub's online editor a few times in situations where I see a quick typo I need to fix or want to make a one line change without the hassle of opening up the right directory, pulling the latest code, opening up an editor, etc etc.

defuzz6• 13 years ago

Sorry to hear that your IDE totally sucks - scnr.

It just depends on how you approach it, since I prefer to work local and upstream revisions with change notes, the main reason for revision control.

Given the featureset of github, it makes somehow sense, it just contradicts revision control to work directly in the repository.

laurent123456• 13 years ago

When I want to quickly update a readme file or comment, I find it convenient to be able to do it directly in Github (and now Bitbucket).

columbo• 13 years ago

I don't believe we'll ever see developers tossing out their IDEs to edit things through the web, but this as an API this is a huge open ended solution towards automated testing.

You are doing some clojure work, you commit it, the unit tests run and fail. Clojure can tell you exactly what function failed with what data and it could commit a file for you to execute in your repl.

Using the ability to edit/create files through a webservice means the CI server running the Clojure tests could dynamically add or edit files showing the real failure over some pretty-print error message. You could check into the branch and open up user_104_error.clj and see the data that caused the problem.

When you solve the problem the CI server could automatically delete these files from the git repository, or maybe keep them around just to keep testing them.

Automated code modification into the version control system really could be interesting new ground in continuous integration and testing.

That and just last week I committed a file with the javascript url hardcoded to http://localhost/sit/js/api.js and wanted to change that back before anyone noticed.

defuzz6• 13 years ago

Thanks for confirming what I had in mind.

drivebyacct23• 13 years ago

Please. make. new. accounts. read-only.

tonetheman• 13 years ago

This is great if you are stuck somewhere needing to change something. I really like bitbucket, about the only thing I miss on their site is a "gist" like functionality.

lucisferre• 13 years ago

I still find Bitbucket less usable than Github. The price is right, I suppose.

drivebyacct23• 13 years ago

I was hoping they'd leapfrog GitHub and allow you to stage actual commits and use something like CodeMirror to edit.

planckscnst3• 13 years ago

Isn't that exactly what they did?

drivebyacct23• 13 years ago

I guess I always expect UI chrome around CodeMirror, but yeah, it obviously says CodeMirror right there, DOH, I missed the color syntax highliting when I skimmed through. I still don't see how to do multifile commits all from the web-ui which is what I meant to reference. I can do one-off files on GitHub but they're a commit a piece.

Both GitHub and BitBucket are really close to letting me do significant editting of code from my browser which is still very useful for me. There are tons of times I'd love to be able to fire up GitHub and hack on some files without having to actually commit to persist changes. But then again, maybe I'm projecting feature creep on what is ultimately a VCS.

swombat• 13 years ago

Sweet! So the NSA can find holes in your code even before you release it!

ceejayoz• 13 years ago

Are we really going to do this on every comment thread?

hayksaakian• 13 years ago

I want them to open an API for this, maybe I want to make edits my own way, or write a tool for others?

geehsien• 13 years ago

Seems like a good alternative for online pairing or even interviews!

pearjuice• 13 years ago

For the life of me I cannot comprehend why they din't use a CSS & HTML based button with native text for the "Create a free account" button. Or is it supposed to look that cheap?

zackbloom• 13 years ago

They probably use a CRM which only allows for image-based CTAs.

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