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How do you manage monorepo?
Best Practices for Monorepo Management Maintain branch hygiene. Keep branches small, consider adopting trunk-based development. Use pinned dependencies for every project. Upgrade dependencies all at once, force every project to keep up with the dependencies.
Can you have multiple package JSON?
In terms of keeping things simple, it is easier to only have to maintain a single package. json file, but there is nothing inherently wrong with multiple package. json files give you a lot of flexibility to run different/incompatible versions of dependencies.
What is the point of a monorepo?
A monorepo removes barriers and silos between teams, making it easier to design and maintain sets of microservices that work well together. Standardization. With monorepos, it is easier to standardize code and tooling across the teams.
Is it OK to have multiple monorepos in one repository?
Some companies may have their whole codebase reside in a single repository, but it is also perfectly fine if you have multiple monorepos. If you use a single repository and publish multiple applications, multiple packages for NPM, or multiple microservices, this can be considered as a monorepo.
How to choose the best tool for monorepo?
Monorepo tools should at least support 3 key functions: Bootstrapping or preparing the package environment, including linking the local packages among themselves. Build the code. That might include transpilation and code bundling. Test / validate the code: static analysis and test execution.
Is the monorepo the whole codebase of your company?
Isn’t a monorepo the whole codebase of your company? probably not. Some companies may have their whole codebase reside in a single repository, but it is also perfectly fine if you have multiple monorepos.
Why is referencing code in monorepo a good idea?
Referencing the code directly inside the monorepo saves the overhead of publishing or exporting the shared code to external artifact storage before the resident projects can consume it. Let’s imagine you have a library or a product that you publish inside your company, sell to customers, or share with the community.