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Re:Launch HN: Greptile (YC W24) - RAG on codebases that actu... by eikenberry on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @03:15PM (#39608658)
> The latter is typically the realm of requirements, design documentation, and possibly test plans.

You forgot one of the biggest spots for "why" documentation... git commit messages, where the point is to say why you made this change. Maybe taking into account the commit messages around the code in question would help.

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Re:Launch HN: Greptile (YC W24) - RAG on codebases that actu... by smokel on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @03:18PM (#39608704)
"Initial commit" is my goto commit message.

Still a great idea, though. Ingesting all data from JIRA may be beneficial as well.

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Re:Launch HN: Greptile (YC W24) - RAG on codebases that actu... by eikenberry on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @05:06PM (#39609722)
Yep... and the why of that message is apparent and makes perfect sense for the first commit. If you only ever start projects and never work on them again, that is all you need.
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Re:Launch HN: Greptile (YC W24) - RAG on codebases that actu... by colordrops on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @07:29PM (#39610824)
If you don't use proper commit messages you also probably don't have proper docs
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Re:Launch HN: Greptile (YC W24) - RAG on codebases that actu... by levelforge on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @12:01AM (#39612509)
We already do that and more at Maru.ai - reach out if you're interested.
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