InlineCoder: Repository-Level Code Generation via Context Inlining

A new framework for repository-level code generation, InlineCoder, has been introduced in a paper on arXiv. Unlike function-level code generation, repository-level tasks require understanding complex dependencies across functions, classes, and modules. Existing methods like retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) or context-based function selection often fail because they rely on surface-level similarity. InlineCoder enhances understanding by inlining the unfinished function into its call graph, reframing the challenge as a simpler function-level coding task. Given a function signature, it first generates a draft completion called an anchor, which approximates the desired behavior. The paper is available at arXiv:2601.00376.