AI BriefingVercel speeds up repository checkout and Git LFS downloads
·2026.10.13 09:00
Key point
Average file preparation time drops by 20% on build machines with more than two vCPUs, with LFS projects seeing a 54% reduction.
Details
Vercel has optimized repository checkout and Git LFS downloads, reducing the time required to prepare project files before a build. These improvements apply automatically to build machines with more than two vCPUs, requiring no action from users.
Performance Improvements
The optimization delivers significant speed gains across different deployment scenarios:
- General Projects: The average time to get project files ready fell by 20%.
- LFS-Enabled Projects: The average time fell by 54%, saving approximately 13 seconds per deployment on this step.
- 90th Percentile: The time to get project files ready fell by 22%, meaning 90% of deployments finish this step in that time or less.
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