Test Automation Repository Strategy: Current vs. Target
This document provides a comparative analysis of our test automation architecture. It contrasts our current multi-repository approach against a consolidated monorepo target, assessing trade-offs, maintenance overhead, and branching strategies for our Playwright, TypeScript, and Cucumber framework.
SDLC Phase Mapping
1. Executive Summary
We currently manage five independent repositories: four distinct test suites aligned to specific functional domains, plus a fifth "base" repository containing shared libraries and core utilities. With limited QA resources and a monolithic product currently undergoing a long-term (1+ year) migration to microservices, maintaining this multi-repository overhead is highly inefficient.
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