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Google Open Sources Copybara for Multi-Repo Code Migration
Google has open-sourced Copybara, a tool for moving code between repositories while preserving history and transforming code. It supports Git, Mercurial, and Perforce, and can handle complex workflows like splitting or merging repos. The tool is now available on GitHub under an Apache 2.0 license.
Meridian48 take
Copybara fills a niche but critical need for large engineering teams managing multi-repo setups, though its complexity may limit adoption beyond Google-scale projects.
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