Lesser-known Github features that I'm missing out on with Bitbucket? [closed]

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Published on 2012-12-06T13:12:44Z Indexed on 2012/12/06 17:21 UTC
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I've been using Bitbucket for my small-team development projects, with the assumption that it is more-or-less a Github clone with pricing that is better for my situation and support for Mercurial (which I don't need).

However, I'm seeing there are material-if-not-overwhelming differences, e.g. Github's appealing and useful branches page versus Bitbucket's overly simple branch drop-down list.

This makes me wonder: what else am I missing out on? What are the lesser known Github features that folks like me using Bitbucket to save money are missing out on?

EDIT: following closure, I've asked for advice on making this question productive over at meta. See here.

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