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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Generally a programmer will be able to read the code and work out where would be best to add in new functionality. Most projects are documented either in the code itself or in separate documentation, so it’s easier to find which bits of the codebase do what.