repository

Definition

A repository is the whole codebase — files, structure, history — rather than an isolated snippet. Repository-level tasks are qualitatively harder than function-level ones: resolving an issue may require finding the right file among thousands, respecting project conventions, and not breaking callers elsewhere. That gap is why repo-level benchmarks separate models that write plausible code from ones that can operate inside an existing system.

Explainers using this term

• Paper Walkthrough: CodeNib — A Multi-View Data System That Serves Repository Context to Coding AgentsCodeNib: A Multi-View Data System for Serving Repository Context to Coding Agents