[pretzel]

There are a few new features over the last 5 years...

  * Merge checks
  * Build status (finally...)
  * Audit logs
  * Inline editing

From: https://bitbucket.org/whats-new

Nothing that keeps it above Github, but they always seem to maintain feature parity.

/not a bitbucket shill

//just don't like inaccurate comments.

[libria]

We're coming up on 6 years now and they still haven't released code search:

https://bitbucket.org/site/master/issues/2874/ability-to-sea...

That's incredible.

[akjainaj]

It's okay. It's just that I tried to use it a few months ago and saw they still don't even have syntax highlighting for diffs. It's pretty depressing and it makes it look like they have abandoned the service.

[WayneBro]

I've been using BitBucket for years and the lack of syntax highlighting for diffs has never even occurred to me.

Why would you want to use such a limited diff tool at all? Personally, I use the best diff tool that I can find and so far that's BeyondCompare from Scooter Software.

[finnh]

I'm with you. I use Araxis Merge. Stupid expensive, but considering I diff dozens of times a day ... worth every penny.

[marcinkuzminski]

it becomes more important when you use this for code-review. Then reach diffs makes more sense. Once you start using them you don't want to go back :)

[WayneBro]

I do use diffs for code review. I simply use a much, much better native tool instead of a crappy web tool.

[akjainaj]

I'm sure guys who have paid for the enterprise version of BitBucket would rather not have to pay $60 for every developer for BeyondCompare on top of what they pay for BitBucket

[WayneBro]

Yes, nobody would rather pay for anything though - so what kind of argument is that really? It's like saying "Who would pay extra for higher quality tools?" - the answer is: Lots of people would.

Personally, I pay for the best tools because they're worth the money. For that tool in particular, I paid $60 over 3 or 4 years ago. It's practically nothing compared to some of the other tools that we use.

[eropple]

You can use BeyondCompare. I just use vimdiff.

[marcinkuzminski]

we need to make the web ones get the same experience level then. It's great to have it all there. Were you leave your inline notes, there's a live communication part, all feedback from automated code checkers etc.

[disposition2]

It looks like they have added it now.

I wonder if they were slow on updating their site because of Sourcetree, which I personally love (especially since it is a cross-platoform [Mac/Win] GUI client).

[akjainaj]

No they haven't... I just checked. No syntax highlighting for diffs.

[disposition2]

Hmm, they show up for me [1]. That screenshot is an HTML file but I also looked at JS, Python and Markdown and all were showing syntax highlight in diff commits.

1. https://i.imgur.com/Av70r03.png

[evan_]

this isn't syntax highlighting, it's highlighting the diff add/removes.

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b0b9b3df27d100a975b...

syntax highlighting would be like this, where keywords, function calls, and variables are all different colors.

[disposition2]

Thank you for clarifying. I'm not sure why I didn't initially associate 'syntax highlighting' with what it is. I can see how this would be useful when dealing with a lot of information, especially when reviewing another's work.

[noxToken]

You can't claim that Bitbucket has syntax highlighting and then post proof that isn't actually proof. Well you can, but why bother?

I just checked our Bitbucket. There's no syntax highlighting for any of our used languages for diffs. There is no option to enable or disable it. When you do a search for it, it's still an open issue in BitBucket's public issue tracker[0].

If you've got some wizardry working that isn't an external script, hook it up.

[0]: https://bitbucket.org/site/master/issues/8673/add-syntax-hig...

[gitdude]

+1

We've added 4 big features just in the last 12 months

+ Pipelines + Git LFS + Smart Mirroring + Merge Checks

More here just from Oct 2016: https://blog.bitbucket.org/2016/10/12/scaling-in-bitbucket-c...

Not to mention other features like 2FA, Projects, Snippets, Bitbucket Connect, etc. in the last 2 years

[pram]

When can I search code lol

[Siecje]

Also Pipelines which is like Travis CI built into Bitbucket.