InfoQ - Mono - News https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Mono News feed Dropbox Collaborates with GitHub to Reduce Monorepo Size from 87GB to 20GB https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/04/dropbox-reduces-git-optimization/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Mono-news <img src="https://www.infoq.com/styles/static/images/logo/logo_bigger.jpg"/><p>Dropbox reduced its backend monorepo from 87GB to 20GB by optimizing Git delta compression in collaboration with GitHub. The changes improved clone times, CI performance, and developer velocity, highlighting how repository storage inefficiencies can impact large-scale engineering workflows.</p> <i>By Leela Kumili</i> github Optimization Software Engineering Productivity Compression Mono Continuous Integration git Infrastructure Continuous Deployment Developer Experience Development Architecture & Design DevOps news Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:14:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/04/dropbox-reduces-git-optimization/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Mono-news Leela Kumili 2026-04-22T14:14:00Z /news/2026/04/dropbox-reduces-git-optimization/en