Not if the metrics is done right! Code churn is always positive since it's "lines added + changed + deleted" Honestly your example is exactly why software met

Not if the metrics is done right! Code churn is always positive since it's "lines added + changed + deleted" Honestly your example is exactly why software metrics is a good thing for developers. If you run blame across the file, it won't be obvious that you deleted a bunch of code, but code churn history will.