Can Cursor read and understand a Git repo?

Maydoga · December 16, 2023, 3:33pm

Can i talk with the LLM about that repo? If so, how?

(newby questions…)

Jakob · January 9, 2024, 1:23pm

Yes! Download the repo, open its folder, index your codebase, and type @Codebase in your chat message to talk to the whole codebase.

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