Mike Minns
Shrewsbury, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Minns is a seasoned senior software developer with over two decades immersed in IT and 12 years of focused professional experience, currently based in Shrewsbury and known for his work on Atlassian’s SourceTree and Data Center Platform. He blends deep back-end expertise in .NET and Java with extensive experience in bespoke processing systems for financial and legal domains, and a practical fluency in databases and web applications. A long-time open-source contributor, Mike has made notable contributions to prominent projects like Git Credential Manager and LibGit2Sharp—adding Bitbucket Server/Datacenter support and robust worktree management and cross-platform fixes. Beyond code, he’s led teams and run small companies, bringing architectural judgment and delivery discipline to complex products. He’s also an avid traveler and outdoor enthusiast who once moved his family across continents, bringing a pragmatic, people-first perspective to engineering and collaboration.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Degree: BSc (Hons), Degree: BSc (Hons) at Newcastle UniversityAlsager Comprehensive
English, French, German
Github Skills (23)
git10
libgit210
authentication10
dotnet-new10
dotnet10
user-authentication10
libgit2sharp10
bitbucket10
dotnet-core10
version-control10
csharp10
oauth10
testing9
windows9
rest-api8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager
Jun 2020 - Jun 2022
Secure, cross-platform Git credential storage with authentication to GitHub, Azure Repos, and other popular Git hosting services.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:34 reviews, 27 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Mike focused on enhancing the `git-credential-manager` project with support for Bitbucket Server and Data Center. Their primary contributions involved implementing features to store and retrieve credentials specifically for Bitbucket Server instances, addressing the nuances of how these credentials are used compared to Bitbucket Cloud. The user also made improvements to error messages, code formatting, and implemented functionality to autodetect Bitbucket DC instances. The user also added a configuration option to force Basic Auth or OAuth for Bitbucket.
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microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows
Mar 2017 - Oct 2018
Secure Git credential storage for Windows with support for Visual Studio Team Services, GitHub, and Bitbucket multi-factor authentication.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:27 commits, 12 PRs, 158 comments in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Mike primarily focused on enhancing the Bitbucket authentication functionality within the Git Credential Manager for Windows. Their contributions involved adding comments to improve code clarity, tidying up the code formatting, and removing GitHub-related references. A significant portion of the work centered around integrating Bitbucket-specific authentication, including the implementation of OAuth for 2FA support. The user also added MIT headers to the Bitbucket class files, ensuring proper licensing.
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