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		mohanmca on March 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How do you search large codebases before a... If someone worked on JIRA/Task we can find, otherwise, how do we even know about who has seen the codebase?

matwood on March 27, 2022 | [–]

Presumably the code base didn't just have a single author (who is also no longer around). Git blame is amazing for not only tracking down who did what, but also seeing how the code base evolved.

duped on March 27, 2022 | | [–]

You ask your coworkers, "have you seen this before?"

rmetzler on March 27, 2022 | [–]

I use git blame a lot

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