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Is the infra code maintained by same team as the app code or a different team? If different teams, separate repos may be best.

You definitely do not want 20+ git branches to separately maintain, so I would caution against Option 2.

Currently I am the only one adding / maintaining infra code for an existing application.

I am starting with a separate repo for convenience. Hopefully moving the application specific infra into the application repo when feasible