GitHub Open source code changes using AI
Want to hear from those who have actually used chatGpt/Gemini/copilot etc on open source repo.s to make changes to a complicated code base (or a repo where you had no clue about). Which repo and which model did you use and please provide examples on how did AI models help you add features or contribute to the open source?
I use copilot daily. Mostly it is good if you can prompt it get it to tab complete what you want. This can be anything from a comment that I'm too lazy to form a full English sentence for to a function that's mostly the same but eg, operates on a different field of the struct.
Thanks. I tried it just now. It does not seem to read the repo. I'm helping someone with an open source codebase and we both don't understand the intricacies unless we put in significant time ourselves understanding the whole code base. I was hoping that the copilot would read the repo and tell us what changes we need to make in order to support something new.
It only uses the code around the area you're editing as context. It won't read the whole repo and help you make a big refactor or something