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stage: Create
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group: Code Review
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info: "To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments"
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type: reference
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# Code Intelligence **(FREE)**
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/1576) in GitLab 13.1.
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Code Intelligence adds code navigation features common to interactive
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development environments (IDE), including:
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- Type signatures and symbol documentation.
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- Go-to definition.
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Code Intelligence is built into GitLab and powered by [LSIF](https://lsif.dev/)
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(Language Server Index Format), a file format for precomputed code
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intelligence data. GitLab processes one LSIF file per project, and
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Code Intelligence does not support different LSIF files per branch.
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Follow epic [#4212, Code intelligence enhancements](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/4212)
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for progress on upcoming enhancements.
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NOTE:
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You can automate this feature in your applications by using [Auto DevOps](../../topics/autodevops/index.md).
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## Configuration
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Enable code intelligence for a project by adding a GitLab CI/CD job to the project's
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`.gitlab-ci.yml` which generates the LSIF artifact:
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```yaml
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code_navigation:
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image: sourcegraph/lsif-go:v1
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allow_failure: true # recommended
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script:
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- lsif-go
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artifacts:
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reports:
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lsif: dump.lsif
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```
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The generated LSIF file size may be limited by
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the [artifact application limits (`ci_max_artifact_size_lsif`)](../../administration/instance_limits.md#maximum-file-size-per-type-of-artifact),
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default to 100MB (configurable by an instance administrator).
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After the job succeeds, code intelligence data can be viewed while browsing the code:
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## Find references
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> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/217392) in GitLab 13.2 [with a flag](../../administration/feature_flags.md) named `code_navigation_references`. Disabled by default.
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> - [Enabled on GitLab.com and self-managed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/225621) in GitLab 13.3. Feature flag `code_navigation_references` removed.
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To find where a particular object is being used, you can see links to specific lines of code
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under the **References** tab:
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## Language support
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Generating an LSIF file requires a language server indexer implementation for the
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relevant language. View a complete list of [available LSIF indexers](https://lsif.dev/#implementations-server) on their website and
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refer to their documentation to see how to generate an LSIF file for your specific language.
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