How do programmers find the correct files and lines of code to edit in an open source project when they want to add or improve functionality.

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How do programmers find the correct files and lines of code to edit in an open source project when they want to add or improve functionality.

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It’s the same way someone would know how to find a document to send to their boss. Code is organized into projects & folders from which a developer who knows the codebase can quickly find the code.

In the instance that code is broken up between files (pretty common in modern program architecture) each file has a reference to the file it’s using, so you can just trace the code from the start until you find what you’re looking for.