Managing Large Teams and Repositories

When development teams grow, managing Git effectively becomes more complex. What works for a small team of 2-3 people might lead to chaos with 50+ developers.

In this lesson, we'll explore strategies to coordinate development across large teams and manage multiple interconnected repositories efficiently, ensuring smooth collaboration and code quality.

Large organizations often face a choice: use a single large monorepo or multiple smaller polyrepos (many repositories). Each approach has its benefits and challenges.

• Polyrepo: Each component or service has its own Git repository. This can offer clear ownership and independent deployment.
• Monorepo: All code resides in a single Git repository. This helps with code sharing and atomic changes across projects.

For this lesson, we'll focus on strategies that apply to both, especially addressing coordination in a multi-repository environment where explicit dependency management is crucial.