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Expand Up @@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ People can't find internally developed solutions - they might not find it in bad
* Hard to find stuff in github (especially if names are cryptic and keywords aren't used).

## Solution
* Improve findability within a repo (use meaningful name; don't use code names; put keywords into descriptions)
* Improve findability within a repo (use meaningful project name; don't use code names for projects; put keywords into descriptions)
- **note: problem/pattern: solution exists but people aren't following it**
- **ask PayPal folks about their practices set up to address this problem**
* Use tagging (tag repositories) (_validated_)
* Pull in Repo names, descriptions and README.md files into the search engine
* Process change to first check for internal solutions for this problem
* Use labels
* Pull in Repo names, descriptions and README.md files into the search engine (not the code itself)
* Instate a process change to first check for internal solutions for this problem
* Tool with a central view (but people are more inclined to google externally than look internally)
* Concierge service (guide) to help product people find stuff. Might not scale but could be helpful in the beginning.
* Need some very visible lighthouse projects that start using inner source components and make positive statements about the inner source program.
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