gitex

gitex is a command-line tool designed to extract data from a Git repository. It filters commits based on criteria like file extensions, message length and changes length. The result is saved to a CSV file, enabling further analysis using other processing tools.

Installation

Build the binary with optimizations:

cargo build --release

Install the binary on your system, for example on Linux:

sudo install -m 0755 -o root -g root -t /usr/local/bin ./target/release/gitex

Basic usage

gitex --repository /path/to/git/repo --output output.csv --size 100 --extensions rs,py

This command will analyze the Git repository located at /path/to/git/repo, looking for changes in files with the extensions .rs and .py. It will extract data for up to 100 commits and save the results in a file named output.csv.

Filter commits on message length

gitex --repository /path/to/git/repo --output output.csv --size 100 --extensions py --message-len-min 10 --message-len-max 50

This command will analyze commits with messages between 10 and 50 characters in length, focusing on changes to .py files.

Filter commits on changes length

gitex --repository /path/to/git/repo --output output.csv --size 100 --extensions rs --changes-len-min 5 --changes-len-max 500

This command will analyze commits with changes between 5 and 500 characters in length, focusing on changes to .rs files.

Debug

Run with the environment variable set:

RUST_LOG=trace gitex --repository /path/to/git/repo --output output.csv --size 100 --extensions rs

License

This project is released under the MIT License.