We Put Half a Million Files in One Git Repository, Here’s What We Learned

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  • scalar

    Scalar: A set of tools and extensions for Git to allow very large monorepos to run on Git without a virtualization layer (by microsoft)

    As mentioned in the blog "we are moving towards providing a known version of git", probably Microsoft Git which includes the scalar command but also upstreams many of the optimizations to git core https://github.com/microsoft/scalar#why-did-scalar-move

    disclaimer: canva staff working on source control

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  • EdenSCM

    Discontinued A Scalable, User-Friendly Source Control System. [Moved to: https://github.com/facebook/sapling]

    Maybe at their scale it makes more sense to switch to a VCS like Eden? https://github.com/facebookexperimental/eden

    Eden's equivalent of 'git status' should run almost instantaneous, as checkouts are hosted by a virtual file system (FUSE) that tracks changes.

  • git-meta

    Repository for the git-meta project -- build your own monorepo using Git submodules

  • VFSForGit

    Virtual File System for Git: Enable Git at Enterprise Scale

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