How is files deletion detected?
amaslenn opened this issue · comments
According to the recommended git log command, code-maat consumes only number of changes and ignores if a file was deleted. It leads to deleted files appear in "long-no-change" list.
@adamtornhill could you please elaborate on how it is analyzed?
@amaslenn Yes, that's correct: deleted files are included in the version-control log too, meaning they will get analysed.
I used to resolve this by filtering the code maat output based on git ls-files.
One limitation in code maat is that it doesn't track renamed and moved content. As such, renamed files look like a deletion + addition of a new file. We implemented full rename tracking in CodeScene if that's an option for you.