ByteDance Web Infra

Jul 22, 2022 · Fundamentals

Challenges and Optimizations for Large Git Repositories

This article examines why Git struggles with monolithic repositories exceeding 100 GB, outlines storage, performance, stability, and reliability challenges, and presents preventive, mid‑process, and post‑process strategies—including LFS, shallow and partial clones, commit‑graph, bitmap, multi‑pack index, and bundle techniques—to efficiently manage and maintain large Git monorepos.