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The Copy-Paste Tax: How I stopped manually syncing config files across 20+ repos
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The Copy-Paste Tax: How I stopped manually syncing config files across 20+ repos

via Dev.toW L22h ago

Managing a single repository is easy. managing twenty? that's where the "copy-paste tax" starts to hurt. Whether it's a shared .gitignore, a standard LICENSE, or those identical github actions workflows you use across every project — keeping them updated manually is a recipe for drift. you update one repo, forget the other three, and suddenly your CI pipeline is inconsistent across the board. Enter Repo File Sync - the tool designed to solve the "one source of truth" problem for multi-repo management, great for large dev teams and Service Oriented Architecture designed software, so much duplication! What is Repo File Sync? repofilesync.com Is a managed SaaS that acts as a centralized location for all your file syncing needs. one place to view active PRs that need merging, repos that are out of sync, and files that have drifted from the source. It connects to your github account, monitors a source repository, and automatically opens pull requests across your target repositories whenever

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