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Managing a growing codebase or handling hefty assets can introduce performance bottlenecks and collaboration headaches. In this guide, you’ll learn how to keep your repositories fast, efficient, and well-organized using Git and Azure DevOps.

Why Large Repositories Matter

As your project scales, you may encounter:
  • Sluggish clone, fetch, and checkout commands
  • Increased storage costs and longer backups
  • CI/CD pipeline slowdowns
  • Difficulty reviewing and merging pull requests

What You’ll Discover

  • Typical pain points in large-repo workflows
  • Key techniques for optimizing history and assets
  • Advanced tools like Git LFS and repository splitting
  • Best practices for Git tags and branch organization
  • Strategies for data purging and commit recovery
Let’s dive into the challenges and solutions that will keep your large repositories under control!