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Ask HN: How to share entire codebase with ChatGPT

by 2bor-2n on 9/23/24, 2:53 PM with 2 comments

I recently started a new job and need to quickly understand a large codebase. I’m considering using ChatGPT to help with this, but I’m not sure how to share the entire codebase effectively.

Has anyone figured out a way to share a large codebase with ChatGPT for better context and understanding? Are there any tools or methods that work best for this?

  • by ChrisArchitect on 9/23/24, 2:59 PM

    Search here for some tools recently ppl built to help with this...

    Discussion in this thread of a few ideas I think: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41482793

  • by onemoresoop on 9/23/24, 3:12 PM

    Just make sure your employer is okay with you sharing the codebase with an external agent, so ask first, you don't want this to cost your job..