# CodeCommit
A fully-managed source control service that hosts secure Git-based repositories. (GitHub for AWS)

## Special features
- In scope with many compliance programs (HIPPA)
- Repositories encrypted at rest & in transit
- Can handle repositories with large numbers of files or branches, large file sizes and lengthy revision histories.
- No limit on the size of your repositories or on the file types you can store.
- Keeps your repositories close to your production resources in AWS Cloud, which helps to increase the speed and frequency of your development life-cycle.
- Uses IAM to control which AWS users have access to which repositories.