From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH] git(1): remove a defunct link to "list of authors" Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2012 22:31:46 -0800 Message-ID: <7vboe2ct9p.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <7vobi5hhn9.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <7vk3sthhfy.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Dec 10 07:32:12 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ThwuP-0000iV-N6 for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:32:10 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752116Ab2LJGbx (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:31:53 -0500 Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:56211 "EHLO smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751115Ab2LJGbw (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:31:52 -0500 Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 563FC6DAC; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:31:52 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=VNLypWuqTHft+hsQv4mShqNB9oY=; b=g7Sd2/ 9Nor/dex9qZnNGXnDFW/5YRvmsY2qv9lZSQi3W+nD49aBBF8SCFKi8Z9krEP5mOe teBApgqjvCjakmQanqhPV9Jo9s8LkApF9Hf2VzElgaHUVbOv1uaLaA6j8hC9YHjz aGuz1nxPDYPeOBNO5U3up5N154TIrVMA1/fGE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=X3N15Wzx62u2OiXOh3Hi7gdmWq2JbFEw d0GBflheeWbohTEXd07tOclD6XpfgeHbupvqBp68NAGAqcQe7hD30hnAPBgH4q6a n7XuEoGB9bVAkmDVN1hoSB9zJSt6tbxETQuRCBD0Z6emIY0wAS0joMHzKxrzuNk6 dN+OKPLxqF8= Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42D086DA2; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:31:52 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [98.234.214.94]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 20FC16DA0; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:31:50 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy's message of "Sun, 9 Dec 2012 20:29:59 +0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 4813E4F6-4293-11E2-B1BD-995F2E706CDE-77302942!b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy writes: > On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 12:59 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: >>> * If somebody has a working replacement URL, we could use that >>> instead, of course. Takers? >> >> A possible alternative could be https://www.ohloh.net/p/git/contributors/summary > > Nice charts! Yup. Their numbers seem to be just 'any commit by the author, with mailmap applied', and I am of two minds with it. Counting without "shortlog --no-merges", depending on the management style of the project, tends to credit the integrator too much. Even though vetting the patches and choosing when to merge the topics is a significant contribution, it isn't *that* big compared to the work done by the contributor who took initiative to scratch that itch. With or without "--no-merges", the big picture you can get out of "git shortlog -s -n --since=1.year" does not change very much, but the headline numbers give a wrong impression. And of course, application of the mailmap is very important, if you want to get meaningful numbers out of shortlog over a longer period.