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Notes on private code intelligence, local retrieval, and the parts of your codebase cloud assistants can't reach.
Why your AI assistant can't tell you why your code changed
June 2026
Cloud coding assistants index the current state of your code, not its history — so they can't answer why a line exists or when a behavior broke. Git history is the missing retrieval layer, and it's also your most sensitive data.
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