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Inside GitHub’s new Git storage architecture
The GitHub Blog · By Karthik Raman ·
Last week at GitHub Universe, we announced our new Git storage architecture, capable of handling thousands of writes per second with reads that scale on demand. Through internal testing, we’ve demonstrated the ability to support 5,000 concurrent agents working on a repository…
The Brief
- GitHub announced a new Git storage architecture at GitHub Universe.
- The architecture is designed to handle thousands of writes per second, with reads that scale on demand.
- Internal testing reportedly demonstrated support for 5,000 concurrent agents working on one repository.
Why it matters
It indicates how GitHub plans to handle very high write concurrency on repositories, which matters for teams with heavy automated or agent-driven workloads.
Who’s affected
- Teams hosting high-traffic repositories on GitHub
- Teams running many concurrent automated agents against a repository
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What developers are saying
Based on 1 comments · Neutral
Only one commenter on Hacker News responded, and their remark was a brief expression of surprise that GitHub had not built this architecture sooner. The thread is too small to show broader views or disagreement.
- Surprise at delayed adoption100%
“Kinda surprised they didn't do this years ago.”
