polyrepo

noun

polyrepo

noun

Etymology From poly- + repo.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Software A software project in which different components are located in separate code repositories which can be versioned individually (as opposed to a monorepo in which all the code exists within a single repository).

  • In situation where there is 2 components, polyrepos are sufficient. In situation where there is 50 components, monorepos shine. And the switch is somewhere in between.2024 May 8, u/Haspe, “Mono repo or not?”, in Reddit, r/golang, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2024:
Related terms
monorepo, multirepo, subrepo

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