>IMHO it was Github which made git popular. [...] The important feature was free hosting.
Bitbucket also had free Mercurial hosting in 2009. I think it was 1 private repo in the free plan and it was later expanded to unlimited free repos with max 5 users around 2011.
Bitbucket also had free Mercurial hosting in 2009. I think it was 1 private repo in the free plan and it was later expanded to unlimited free repos with max 5 users around 2011.