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Google Tests Code Repository Service

Posted by Soulskill on from the a-challenger-appears dept.

An anonymous reader writes: VentureBeat notes that Google has begun testing an unannounced service to host and edit source code repositories as part of its cloud platform. It's called Cloud Source Repositories, and it's currently being beta-tested. "Google is taking a gradual approach with the new service: It can serve as a 'remote' for Git repositories sitting elsewhere on the Internet or locally. Still, over time the new tool could help Google become more of an all-in-one destination for building and deploying applications."

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  1. But Google Code? by Hydrated+Wombat · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It closed and now they are reinventing it? http://www.theverge.com/2015/3...

    1. Re:But Google Code? by nmb3000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      No, Google Code was project hosting, this is (effectively) just repo hosting.

      The difference between project hosting and a "service to host and edit source code repositories" is a few wiki pages for a description and documentation. They closed down Google Code claiming competition and saturation from sites like GitHub and BitBucket, but now they're starting a new service that still directly competes with those?

      I can only assume the primary problem with Google Code which caused its closure was the lack of "cloud" in the name.

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    2. Re:But Google Code? by Hognoxious · · Score: 2

      when something doesn't "work", they get rid of it...

      Whereas if it does work they just fuck-up the UI. And then get rid of it.

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    3. Re:But Google Code? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I can only assume the primary problem with Google Code which caused its closure was the lack of "cloud" in the name.

      they can call it whatever the hell they want to. their track record sucks and any project or developer that uses it is going to need that backup repository at github anyway .. because this supposedly 'new' thing that isn't really a new thing for google WILL NOT LAST.

  2. Yeah, sure, Google. by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why would anyone use this considering Google Code was announced to be shut down? Are we supposed to believe that this service isn't just going to be shut down on a whim as well?

    1. Re:Yeah, sure, Google. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Because it's in Beta. You should be worried when it's no longer in Beta!

    2. Re:Yeah, sure, Google. by guestapoo · · Score: 2

      That is! Like most recent comments here, that is the first thing flashes in my head when I see "Google tests ... Service".

      Google already made users less interested in their "new" services/features. Is that the main reason for failure of G+!?

      PS:
      Once-useful feature, 'preview PDF' on the search results was removed, despite of requests from users.
      It's interesting that I was accidentally discovered, by using 'preview PDF', I could download some (if not many) pdf files from crcnetbase.com. I still wonder how could Google access these files, if CRC does not allow this.

  3. Timeline of closure? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Does anybody have a timeline when this Google service will be shut down? Meh, I'll just keep using my own reliable repository. No telling if Google will actually keep services they offer.

  4. Re:So like Google Code? by CatGrep · · Score: 4, Funny

    Google Code is dead. Long live Google Code!

  5. Soooo... by EmeraldBot · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They shutter Google Code, forcing anyone who had a project there to migrate everything, and now they plan to start it back up? Do they seriously think anyone is going to trust them again? I believe they shut down the old one because they felt Github dominated the field; Well, now they're entering the same field, but this time without the small (but loyal) userbase they had lastime.

    I just can't get why they did this stunt - if they really wanted to enter the coding field, they could have just revamped Google Code. It'd still be a difficult task to displace Github, but now they just made it even more difficult for themselves for no reason at all.

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    1. Re:Soooo... by swillden · · Score: 5, Informative

      Like most of the up-voted posters here, I think you're missing the point. This new service isn't a Google Code replacement or a Github competitor. It's an add-on for cloud-based hosting, so people who are hosting systems on Google App Engine or Compute Engine can keep their source there as well, with nice tools for working with the code online, managing releases and even live debugging... if there's a problem with your running app you can debug it instantly. The system snapshots the live system so it's not interrupted and then gives you an online debugger so you can examine the state, step through the code, etc.

      It's a value-added feature on a paid cloud hosting service, not a place to host your latest open source project. That's what Github is for.

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  6. Trust google code again? No. by sproketboy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    A while back I wanted to add a patch to an open source project that had been hosted on sourceforge and the dev had moved it to google code. After 6 months of him not replying to my request to patch his library (and showing no activity at all) I contacted both sourcforge and google code about taking over the project.

    Sourceforge put me on a 3 month waiting list while they attempted to contact the original dev. Google simply gave me admin rights to his project THE NEXT DAY. Needless to say the dev contacted me soon after. If I had been an asshole I could have locked him out completely and PWNED his project. I was nice and let him have admin rights again.

    That's why I like Sourceforge. Hosting code is their business so they take it seriously. Google? They're just an advertising company.