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user2867106
user2867106

Reputation: 1131

git privacy in node apps deployment to Heroku

I am new to Heroku but I managed to deploy my development first Sails@beta to Heroku, I created a Heroku app and submitted my git commits to the git repository provided by Heroku.

Is the git repository provided by Heroku Private?

Is there any possibility to track changes from a UI (something like GitHub)? or do I need to buy a private Git repository and link it to Heroku?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 75

Answers (1)

Chris
Chris

Reputation: 136972

Heroku is not a source code management service like GitHub; it's a Platform-as-a-Service (Paas) hosting company that happens to use Git for deployment. They do not provide any graphical interface for browsing your repository, and in fact it is probably not a good idea to use Heroku as your primary code repository.

As explained in their documentation:

Heroku provides the git service primarily for deployment, and the ability to clone from it is offered as a convenience. We strongly recommend you store your code in another git repository such as GitHub and treat that as canonical.

Access to clone a repository from Heroku is private, controlled by the same SSH keys you use for deployment.

There are many services that offer free private Git hosting. Bitbucket and the cloud-hosted version of GitLab are two examples.

Upvotes: 2

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