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On GitHub, how do you refactor pieces of your code from multiple repos? Do you create a library repo?
Would it make sense to instead switch to a monorepo? Merging repost from different apps into a single one and then extract the lib.

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I prefer monorepos too so doing that.
Stack: go server, wasm + preact client

I'm using turbo and pnpm, they help considerably.

I would lean towards a monorepo if possible, the tooling around them has gotten quite good with things like Turborepo. What stack are you using?

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Right - both routes are doable. Monorepos can require a bit more work on the CI, deployiment side. Split repos can add more overhead in managing versions and moving things around.

I think my approach will be, start with monorepo and then move parts out into separate repo if it makes sense. I'm too used to monorepos.

Monorepo is ok. Depending on the language/runtime. If for example you're using deno then you can import github files directly. If using node then you can install github repositories as if they were npm packages. Go uses github repositories for packages

Using git submodules is the worst option ime

I tend to avoid the monorepo. Prefer setting up the factored out code as a native package when possible (npm, pip, etc). Otherwise just use a subrepo

Do you have any example? It depends on what you are trying to achieve.