microsoft / microsoft/lsif-node
Incremental Updates to LSIF
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 198
- Forks
- 40
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- Merged PRs (30d)
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Description
I am still pretty new to the repo and others have probably brought this up already, but how hard would it be to incrementally update the constructed LSIF graph? Currently I only see an lsif function that seems to visit the entire program each time.
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Research direction
Start by reading the lsif function and tracing how it visits the entire program and constructs the graph. Determine what incremental update behavior would need to preserve and how completion could be verified; the issue names no files, tests, or concrete acceptance criteria.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100