README.md: add git statistics
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I came across this visualization recently and found it neat; it gives users an idea of how well this project is actually maintained and it looks nice.
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I think most of that is already presented by the repo "Insights" tab? This is just a nicer visual summary?
I'm fine with it, but I don't know if it provides much value to users in the README 🤷♂️
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It's nothing completely new, indeed, just a nice visual presentation. |
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I am not sure if these stats are correct. I noticed the top contributors jpsanchezl10 and UltraCoderRU. jpsanchezl10 opened an issue in 2023 and for UltraCoderRU I couldn't find anything at all. Do I miss something here? |
The The user was listed in the file though, and searching for them on PR history with No PRs for
So yeah that is odd and misleading. I personally don't find value in the metric, similar to how commit frequency / size doesn't convey much (since before we adopted squash merge for PRs that was a common factor for "top" contributors ranking in the past). |
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That's odd, I agree. I don't like when something like this is there right from the start. |
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I came across this visualization recently and found it neat; it gives users an idea of how well this project is actually maintained, and it looks nice. It's not something super important; if you think it does not fit well into the project, or you have other good reasons to reject it, please let me know - I don't mind seeing this rejected, just wanted to bring it up.
Under the hood, we're using Axiom.
Here is the link to the branch: https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/tree/git-statistics
Here is what it looks like:
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