diff --git a/docs/ctags.md b/docs/ctags.md index f483035d1..2b511abd0 100644 --- a/docs/ctags.md +++ b/docs/ctags.md @@ -11,11 +11,17 @@ worth of code in its context window. To address this issue, `aider` has a new experimental feature that utilizes `ctags` to provide -GPT with a **concise map of the whole repository** including +GPT with a **concise map of your whole git repository** including all declared variables and functions with call signatures. This *repo map* enables GPT to better comprehend, navigate and edit the code in larger repos. +To get a sense of how effective this can be, this +[chat transcript](https://aider.chat/examples/add-test.html) +shows GPT-4 creating a black box test case, **without being given +access to the source code of the function being tested or any of the +other code in the repo.** + ## The problem: code context GPT-4 is great at "self contained" coding tasks, like writing or