Software Codebase

Context:
- It can (typically) include only Human-Written Source Code.
- It can be analyzed by a Codebase Analysis Task / Software Program Analysis.
- It can be maintained within a Version Control System, such as Git or Subversion.
- It can evolve as developers add, modify, or delete source code to improve functionality, fix bugs, or optimize performance.
- It can include configuration and property files that are essential for building and deploying the software system.
- It can range from being a small set of scripts for a simple utility to a vast collection of files for a complex enterprise application.
- It can be a central part of a Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment pipeline, ensuring code quality and stability.
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Example(s):
- Version Control System Code Branch, which showcases a specific line of development within a codebase.
- A Microservices Architecture Codebase that demonstrates the organization of code into small, independently deployable services.
- An Open Source Project Repository like the one for the Linux Kernel, which highlights collaborative development.
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Counter-Example(s):
- A Binary Library that contains compiled code rather than human-readable source code.
- A Documentation Repository that includes only user manuals and technical documentation, not source code.
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See: Software Development, Source Code, Software Componentry, Source Control, Static Program Analysis.

References

(Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codebase Retrieved:2020-3-31.
- In software development, a codebase (or code base) is a collection of source code used to build a particular software system, application, or software component. Typically, a codebase includes only human-written source code files; thus, a codebase usually does not include source code files generated by tools (generated files) or binary library files (object files), as they can be built from the human-written source code. However, it generally does include configuration and property files, as they are the data necessary for the build.
  A codebase is typically stored in a source control repository in a version control system. For smaller projects it may be kept as a simple set of files (even the Linux kernel was maintained as a set of files for many years). A source code repository is a place where large amounts of source code are kept, either publicly or privately. Source code repositories are used mostly for backups and versioning and on multi-developer projects to handle various source code versions and to provide aid in resolving conflicts that arise from developers submitting overlapping modifications. Subversion, Git and Mercurial are examples of popular tools used to handle this workflow, which are common in open source projects.