git is a fantastic choice for tracking the evolution of your code base and to collaborate efficiently with your peers. But what happens when the repository you want to track is really huge? In this post I’ll try to give you some ideas and techniques to deal properly with the different categories of huge. Two categories of Big repositories...

The Atlassian Design Guidelines (ADG) has an exciting new release. We’ve polished some old things, created some new things and have made the whole experience of using our guidelines even better. What’s in the release? Forms The old forms page was heavily visited but not very helpful. We’ve overhauled the forms page making it...

The Atlassian Design Guidelines (ADG) has an exciting new release. We’ve polished some old things, created some new things and have made the whole experience of using our guidelines even better. What’s in the release? Forms The old forms page was heavily visited but not very helpful. We’ve overhauled the forms page making it...

I often get asked about how we use our own tools for software development here at Atlassian. Since it is fast becoming the norm to work as a distributed team at Atlassian, I thought I’d take a moment to share some of our experiences in working more efficiently across time zones and geographies. I’m highlighting FishEye and Crucible...

I often get asked about how we use our own tools for software development here at Atlassian. Since it is fast becoming the norm to work as a distributed team at Atlassian, I thought I’d take a moment to share some of our experiences in working more efficiently across time zones and geographies. I’m highlighting FishEye and Crucible...

Consider the following questions: How do you handle project dependencies with git? Our project is made up of multiple inter-dependent repositories. Currently we manage those with svn:externals. What’s the best way to handle those with git? How do you split a very big repository in smaller components using git? These are some examples of...

Consider the following questions: How do you handle project dependencies with git? Our project is made up of multiple inter-dependent repositories. Currently we manage those with svn:externals. What’s the best way to handle those with git? How do you split a very big repository in smaller components using git? These are some examples of...

Not so long ago I was lucky enough to speak at our Getting Git Right tour about our migration from Subversion to Git here at Atlassian. I loved sharing our experience, and I had great questions from the crowd. It also confirmed my belief that many people need some time to make the transition from traditional SCMs to DVCS. There are many...

Not so long ago I was lucky enough to speak at our Getting Git Right tour about our migration from Subversion to Git here at Atlassian. I loved sharing our experience, and I had great questions from the crowd. It also confirmed my belief that many people need some time to make the transition from traditional SCMs to DVCS. There are many...

How do you divide a Git repo without squashing the history and breaking the original repo? I’ll show you how to do it with as little pain as possible, by splitting the main repository, thus making your team and Git happy at the same time! Here at the Hosted Operations team, we have many small repositories, and sometimes they just contain...

How do you divide a Git repo without squashing the history and breaking the original repo? I’ll show you how to do it with as little pain as possible, by splitting the main repository, thus making your team and Git happy at the same time! Here at the Hosted Operations team, we have many small repositories, and sometimes they just contain...

I’m a Clover developer at Atlassian, and I had an opportunity to work closely with new language features introduced in Java 8 during development of Clover 3.2.0 (which has the support for Java 8). I’d like to share my impressions about a major language feature – lambda functions. I’m pretty sure you’ve already read a lot...

I’m a Clover developer at Atlassian, and I had an opportunity to work closely with new language features introduced in Java 8 during development of Clover 3.2.0 (which has the support for Java 8). I’d like to share my impressions about a major language feature – lambda functions. I’m pretty sure you’ve already read a lot...

The future of add-ons for JIRA, Confluence, and beyond. Today, we’re proud to announce the general availability of Atlassian Connect – a completely new way to build add-ons in the cloud for JIRA and Confluence OnDemand. It’s easy to get started, and you can write in the development language of your choice. And there’s already...

The future of add-ons for JIRA, Confluence, and beyond. Today, we’re proud to announce the general availability of Atlassian Connect – a completely new way to build add-ons in the cloud for JIRA and Confluence OnDemand. It’s easy to get started, and you can write in the development language of your choice. And there’s already...