Attributing authorship to segments of source code

Attributing authorship to segments of source code

An electronic device accesses a comparison of at least a portion of a second version of a software program to a corresponding portion of a first version of the software program. The device determines an attribution value for a first author based in part on one or more differences between a respectiv...

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Hauptverfasser: Conrath Adrien, Leupold Felix, Moscovicz Lucas, Maclean Matt, Blanco Conrado Mader
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:An electronic device accesses a comparison of at least a portion of a second version of a software program to a corresponding portion of a first version of the software program. The device determines an attribution value for a first author based in part on one or more differences between a respective segment of source code in the second version of the software and a corresponding segment of source code in the first version of the software, and determines an attribution value for a second author based in part on one or more differences between the respective segment of source code in the second version of the software and the corresponding segment of source code in the first version of the software. The device displays or sends instructions for displaying indicia of at least one attribution value with the respective segment of source code in the second version.