Re: [PATCH] git(1): remove a defunct link to "list of authors"

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy [off-list ref] writes:

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On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 12:59 AM, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

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 * 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.

These numbers are approximate anyway. Commit counts or the number of
changed lines do not accurately reflect the effort in many cases. And
about merges, in this particular case of Git where the maintainer imo
has done an excellent job as a guard, I'd say it's the credit for
reviewing, not simply merging.

But not using the link is fine too. We can wait for Jeff's patch to be merged.

And of course, application of the mailmap is very important, if you
want to get meaningful numbers out of shortlog over a longer period.

-- 
Duy