valnoc / GitReviewer

A script to get the preferable reviewer for your task depending on code ownership

GitReviewer

A script to get the preferable reviewer for your task depending on code ownership.

When you use git flow or smth similar, you make a new branch for each issue you solve. After solving the problem you either merge changes into develop (covering new code with feature toggle) or leave your branch to be merged by a reviewer. Your also change issue status (in Redmine, Jira, etc.) to the one indicating "waiting for review" status.

Use this script if don't use any system of a preferable reviewer autodetection connected with your issue tracker.

MAN

. reviewer.sh <main_branch> <path_to_project_folder>

main_branch = your current branch will be merged into main_branch after code review

path_to_project_folder = path to project folder

Example: . reviewer.sh develop ~/Documents/my_project

Under the hood

This script

• gets the actual state of branches
• makes soft reset to the main branch
• gets a list of modified files
• git blames authors of this files
• calculates the percentage of the code ownership by authors

Output

The script logs all the steps, so you can monitor what is going on. There are also commented echo's for debug needs. Uncomment them if you want more information about the steps.

Look for the green info at the end of the output. It contains info like:

TOTAL_LINES = 1856
45.1% Author_1, 837 lines
24.4% Author_2, 452 lines
18.3% Author_3, 339 lines
12.0% Author_4, 223 lines
00.3% Author_5, 5 lines

This list contains top 5 authors.

License

GitReviewer is available under MIT License.