Commit history linearization
US10853063B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 24, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/71
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for linearizing the commit history of a code base. One of the methods includes receiving a request to attribute source code contributions to a particular snapshot in a project having a revision graph with multiple branches. Source code contributions occurring in each non-merge commit on a single path through the revision graph are attributed to a responsible developer entity of the non-merge commit. Each merge commit is processed on the single path including identifying contributions introduced by the merge commit, identifying one or more respective responsible developer entities for the contributions occurring in the one or more feature branch snapshots from one or more feature branches, and attributing source code contributions occurring in the one or more feature branch snapshots from the one or more feature branches to the identified one or more respective responsible developer entities.
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