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Let the Model Propose, Let the Corpus Reject: A Change-Budget Loop for Messy Repos
Dakota Huang
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Nov 9
Let the Model Propose, Let the Corpus Reject: A Change-Budget Loop for Messy Repos
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Trace Callee Hits First: How to Scope One Safe Edit in a Messy Repo
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Trace Callee Hits First: How to Scope One Safe Edit in a Messy Repo
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Cap the Diff at One Seam: Picking the Smallest Safe Refactor After Characterization
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Cap the Diff at One Seam: Picking the Smallest Safe Refactor After Characterization
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Your Agent Is Only as Good as Your Codebase
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Your Agent Is Only as Good as Your Codebase
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Cap the Diff, Not the Ambition: A Line-Budget Gate for Messy-Repo Refactors
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Cap the Diff, Not the Ambition: A Line-Budget Gate for Messy-Repo Refactors
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Run It Twenty Times Before You Pin It: Characterization Tests for Messy Repos
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Run It Twenty Times Before You Pin It: Characterization Tests for Messy Repos
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Characterize the Failure Path First: A Fault Matrix Before Your Smallest Refactor
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Characterize the Failure Path First: A Fault Matrix Before Your Smallest Refactor
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The Refactor Receipt: Freeze Behavior, Cap the Diff, Then Ask a Model for Edge Cases
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The Refactor Receipt: Freeze Behavior, Cap the Diff, Then Ask a Model for Edge Cases
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Freeze the Output Before You Touch the Function: A Behavior Census for Untested Code
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Freeze the Output Before You Touch the Function: A Behavior Census for Untested Code
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Characterization Tests First: Freeze a Messy Function, Then Make One Safe Edit
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Characterization Tests First: Freeze a Messy Function, Then Make One Safe Edit
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Freeze the Clock Before You Refactor: Characterization Tests for Impure Code
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Freeze the Clock Before You Refactor: Characterization Tests for Impure Code
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Seed Faults Before the Smallest Safe Change: A Gate for Refactoring a Messy Module
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Seed Faults Before the Smallest Safe Change: A Gate for Refactoring a Messy Module
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Characterize First, Then Refactor: A Golden-Corpus Harness With a Mutation Gate
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Characterize First, Then Refactor: A Golden-Corpus Harness With a Mutation Gate
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One Revertible Slice at a Time: A Diff Budget for Messy Repos
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One Revertible Slice at a Time: A Diff Budget for Messy Repos
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The Patch Window: Let a Model Refactor Only Lines Your Tests Already Cover
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The Patch Window: Let a Model Refactor Only Lines Your Tests Already Cover
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