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This version of GitHub Enterprise Server was discontinued on 2023-09-25. No patch releases will be made, even for critical security issues. For better performance, improved security, and new features, upgrade to the latest version of GitHub Enterprise Server. For help with the upgrade, contact GitHub Enterprise support.

Caching repositories

You can improve performance for your geographically-distributed team with repository caching, which provides read-only mirrors close to your users and CI clients.

About repository caching

You can increase the performance of Git read operations for distributed teams and CI farms with repository caching.

Configuring a repository cache

You can configure a repository cache for GitHub Enterprise Server by creating a new instance, connecting the repository cache to your primary instance, and configuring replication of repository networks to the repository cache.