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Show HN: Git-fired tells you who was fired / added based on Git log

40 points by michaellee8 5y ago

michaellee8 5y ago
It tells you what new names existed or old names removed in your commit log during the specified periods. Suppport comparing based on name+email or name only. Support recursively looping through all subdirectries. Sample usage: # git-fired 2021/06/01 2021/05/01 -single # git-fired 2021/06/01 2021/05/01 -multi # git-fired 2021/06/01 2021/05/01 -single -name # git-fired 2021/06/01 2021/05/01 -single -name compares the commit log of the current repo (-single) or all git repos under current directory (-multi) during 2021/05/01 to 2021/06/01 and 2021/06/01 to now, by default compares using name+email, pass -name to compare using name only.
jdikatz 5y ago
Cool idea —- also makes me realize that if GitHub can see commit history of all repos, then Microsoft has a lot of partly identified info on personnel movement across teams within lots of companies and also across companies
- orf 5y ago
  Or just look at the members/permissions within GitHub orgs, rather than needing to look at commits.
- 35mm 5y ago
  When you consider they also own LinkedIn and Office 365 email then I imagine they have a very clear picture.
officialjunk 5y ago
how about those that leave a company without being fired?
- rsj_hn 5y ago
  Yeah, the idea that if you leave, you must have been fired is pretty out there. More people quit than are fired in pretty much every month except when there is a big recession. The BLS tracks this in it's JOLTS time series https://www.bls.gov/jlt/ https://www.bls.gov/jlt/ Currently, the quit rate is 2.4% and the layoff rate is 1%, and the quit rate is almost always roughly double the layoff rate.
  - viraptor 5y ago
    Yup, other cases: people move to different groups/projects, take a long leave, take parental leave, etc. There were many cases where they will disappear from a single repo.
- sushid 5y ago
  just create an alias for `git turnover`
- machello13 5y ago
  it's just a pithy name
  - quickthrower2 5y ago
    Gotta get the upvotes. People are not interested is git “left the company”
- mulholio 5y ago
  Just wait until you hear about git blame
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toomuchtodo 5y ago
Consider extending this to identify heavy churn or lack thereof. Repeated short tenures in an org is useful signal.
ok123456 5y ago
Problem with this is that git identities aren't unique. If I do a quick commit from another machine it will likely have garbage for the name and email based on GECOS and the hostname.
- maxnoe 5y ago
  Add a .mailmap

40 points by michaellee8 5y ago

It tells you what new names existed or old names removed in your commit log during the specified periods. Suppport comparing based on name+email or name only. Support recursively looping through all subdirectries. Sample usage: # git-fired 2021/06/01 2021/05/01 -single # git-fired 2021/06/01 2021/05/01 -multi # git-fired 2021/06/01 2021/05/01 -single -name # git-fired 2021/06/01 2021/05/01 -single -name compares the commit log of the current repo (-single) or all git repos under current directory (-multi) during 2021/05/01 to 2021/06/01 and 2021/06/01 to now, by default compares using name+email, pass -name to compare using name only.

jdikatz 5y ago

Cool idea —- also makes me realize that if GitHub can see commit history of all repos, then Microsoft has a lot of partly identified info on personnel movement across teams within lots of companies and also across companies

orf 5y ago
Or just look at the members/permissions within GitHub orgs, rather than needing to look at commits.
35mm 5y ago
When you consider they also own LinkedIn and Office 365 email then I imagine they have a very clear picture.

officialjunk 5y ago

how about those that leave a company without being fired?

rsj_hn 5y ago
Yeah, the idea that if you leave, you must have been fired is pretty out there. More people quit than are fired in pretty much every month except when there is a big recession. The BLS tracks this in it's JOLTS time series https://www.bls.gov/jlt/ https://www.bls.gov/jlt/ Currently, the quit rate is 2.4% and the layoff rate is 1%, and the quit rate is almost always roughly double the layoff rate.
- viraptor 5y ago
  Yup, other cases: people move to different groups/projects, take a long leave, take parental leave, etc. There were many cases where they will disappear from a single repo.
sushid 5y ago
just create an alias for `git turnover`
machello13 5y ago
it's just a pithy name
- quickthrower2 5y ago
  Gotta get the upvotes. People are not interested is git “left the company”
mulholio 5y ago
Just wait until you hear about git blame

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toomuchtodo 5y ago

Consider extending this to identify heavy churn or lack thereof. Repeated short tenures in an org is useful signal.

ok123456 5y ago

Problem with this is that git identities aren't unique. If I do a quick commit from another machine it will likely have garbage for the name and email based on GECOS and the hostname.

maxnoe 5y ago
Add a .mailmap