Re: [RFH] Finding all commits that touch the same files as a specific commit

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jul 14, 2008, 12:13 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0807141311520.8950@racer>
In-Reply-To: <bd6139dc0807140417h7c9cd309g7cf911e78e7f78c5@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

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> For the activity metric I think pretending that all files with the same 
> name or renamed versions of those would make sense, which is what 
> appending the new name would do. The downside is that all files with the 
> same name get grouped together, I'm not sure which is the lesser of two 
> evils. Leaving out information, or (possibly) including too much.

IMO following the file renames/code moves precisely is really worth the time it takes to calculate. Otherwise, the statistics will not reflect what was going on in the project, right?

Ciao, Dscho