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Code navigation allows you to jump between symbol definition and references when viewing source files in Sourcebot. This feature is enabled automatically and works with all popular programming languages.

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Features

FeatureDescription
Hover popoverHovering over a symbol reveals the symbol’s definition signature as a inline preview.
Go to definitionClicking the “go to definition” button in the popover or clicking the symbol name navigates to the symbol’s definition.
Find referencesClicking the “find all references” button in the popover lists all references in the explore panel.
Explore panelLists all references and definitions for the symbol selected in the popover.
Cross-repository navigationYou can search across all repositories by clicking the globe icon in the explore panel. By default, references and definitions are scoped to the repository where the symbol is being resolved.

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How does it work?

Code navigation is search-based, meaning it uses the same code search engine and query language to estimate a symbol’s references and definitions. We refer to these estimations as “search heuristics”. We have two search heuristics to enable the following operations:

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Find references

Given a symbolName, along with information about the file the symbol is contained within (git_revision, and language), runs the following search: 
\\b{symbolName}\\b rev:{git_revision} lang:{language} case:yes

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Find definitions

Given a symbolName, along with information about the file the symbol is contained within (git_revision, and language), runs the following search: 
sym:\\b{symbolName}\\b rev:{git_revision} lang:{language}
Note that the sym: prefix is used to filter the search by symbol definitions. These are created at index time by universal ctags.

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