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Walkthrough

When syncing a new version of a repository, Chroma forks the existing collection using copy-on-write and only processes the diff, so re-syncs are fast and storage-efficient.

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Direct Sync

Direct Sync is the default syncing method, which uses the Chroma Cloud GitHub app. To use your own custom GitHub app, use Platform Sync.
  1. Prerequisites This walkthrough assumes that you have a GitHub account with at least one repository.
  2. New database setup If you do not already have a Chroma Cloud account, you will need to create one at trychroma.com. After creating an account, you can create a database by specifying a name: