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Git-of-Theseus – Analyze how a Git repo grows over time

• throwawaybutwhy 5y ago
  Previous submission: Dec 2019 [0] It's not about growth per se, rather about churn and age of code base, and patterns of code authorship. Github insights may be faster and better designed, but this is self-hosted and can process any Git repo. Steve Klabnik has applied it to rustc [1]. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21915554 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21915554 [1] https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ENC1ls6XYAEdKkv?format=jpg&name=900x900 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ENC1ls6XYAEdKkv?format=jpg&name=...
• mbfg 5y ago
  I remember quite some time ago a git visualization tool that drew a connected spring graph of commits over time, The nodes were classes (or maybe packages, i forget) and the links were annotated with commit author. You would see different areas of the graph get tons of activity at various times, and then activity die off and move somewhere else. I wish i remember what it was, was pretty cool.
  • throwawaybutwhy 5y ago
    From the sound of it, should be gource [0] [0] https://gource.io https://gource.io
    • mbfg 5y ago
      this is pretty cool, and prettier, but i don't think it's the same thing (unless of course they've embellished it quite a bit since then, which is possible). One thing i remember the thing doing was able to see authors... But thanks... Now i'm going to waste a ridiculous amount of time playing with this.