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Overlay Repositories

An overlay repository is a GitHub repository that contains multiple named overlays organized by project. This lets you maintain a central collection of overlays that can be applied to any repo with a short reference like org/repo/overlay-name.

Repository structure

Section titled “Repository structure”

An overlay repository is organized by org, repo, and overlay name:

my-overlays/
├── microsoft/
│   └── FluidFramework/
│       ├── claude-config/
│       │   ├── CLAUDE.md
│       │   └── .claude/
│       └── dev-tools/
│           └── .envrc
└── tylerbutler/
    └── tools-monorepo/
        └── ai-config/
            └── CLAUDE.md

Using overlay repositories

Section titled “Using overlay repositories”

Once configured, reference overlays by their path within the repository:

Terminal window
repoverlay apply microsoft/FluidFramework/claude-config

Setting up a shared repository

Section titled “Setting up a shared repository”

This section is coming soon.