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Subject: Re: [RFH] Finding all commits that touch the same files as a specific
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Hi,

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

> For the activity metric I think pretending that all files with the same 
> name or renamed versions of those would make sense, which is what 
> appending the new name would do. The downside is that all files with the 
> same name get grouped together, I'm not sure which is the lesser of two 
> evils. Leaving out information, or (possibly) including too much.

IMO following the file renames/code moves precisely is really worth the 
time it takes to calculate.  Otherwise, the statistics will not reflect 
what was going on in the project, right?

Ciao,
Dscho