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Re:Ask HN: Large code repository in Git? by coppolaemilio on Thursday March 12, 2015 @01:01PM (#9192122)
If those 45000 files are in separated chunks you could try with separated repos, I don't see any other better way unfortunately. Are the binaries necesary? Can you make an automated script to build them instead and just leave the sources? It might be a good oportunity to clean that codebase :)

Good luck!

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Re:Ask HN: Large code repository in Git? by ansible on Thursday March 12, 2015 @01:31PM (#9192348)
If we go with separate repos, then we'll need Google's repo tool, use git-submodules, or some other solution.

The binaries have been created by a third party, and can't necessarily be built by us. I haven't checked in all cases, the codebase is a twisty maze of different build systems, not all integrated.

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