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Name: code-maat-python
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Summary: Modern Python tool for mining and analyzing version control system data
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Author: Cameron Yick
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# code-maat-python

> **Discover hidden patterns in your codebase that predict bugs, reveal team dynamics, and guide better decisions.**

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---

## What is This?

**code-maat-python** is a tool that analyzes your Git history to answer questions like:

- **Which files have the most bugs?** (Hint: it's usually the files that change together most often)
- **Which developers need to talk to each other?** (They're editing the same code without knowing it)
- **Where is technical debt hiding?** (Old, untouched files that everyone's afraid to change)
- **Who really owns this code?** (Spoiler: it's not who you think)
- **Which files are the riskiest to change?** (High churn = high risk)

**You don't need to be a data scientist.** If you can run a Git command, you can use this tool.

---

## Why Should You Care?

### **Real-World Problem: The Hidden Coupling Bug**

Imagine this scenario:
- Sarah fixes a bug in `payment_processor.py`
- Tests pass. Code review approved. She deploys.
- **Production breaks.**

Why? Because `invoice_generator.py` also needed to change, but nobody knew these files were related. They're in different directories, never import each other, but they *always change together* because they share hidden business logic.

**code-maat-python finds these patterns automatically** by analyzing your Git history.

### **What You Get**

- **Predict defects**: Files that change together frequently have 2-10x more bugs ([Microsoft Research](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1453101.1453106))
- **Improve code reviews**: Know which files need extra scrutiny
- **Optimize team structure**: Identify communication bottlenecks before they cause problems
- **Find technical debt**: Discover abandoned code, knowledge silos, and refactoring opportunities
- **Make data-driven decisions**: Replace gut feelings with actual evidence from your repository

---

## Quick Start: See It In Action

### Installation

```bash
# Using pip
pip install code-maat-python

# Using poetry (recommended for development)
poetry add code-maat-python
```

### Your First Analysis (2 minutes)

**Step 1: Generate a Git log**

```bash
cd your-project
git log --all -M -C --numstat --date=short --pretty=format:'--%h--%cd--%cn' > git.log
```

**Step 2: Find files that change together (coupling analysis)**

```bash
code-maat-python coupling git.log --min-coupling 50 --rows 10
```

**Output:**
```csv
entity,coupled,degree,average-revs
src/models/user.py,src/views/profile.py,87,45
src/api/auth.py,src/middleware/session.py,76,32
src/utils/validators.py,src/forms/registration.py,65,28
...
```

**What This Tells You:**
- `user.py` and `profile.py` change together 87% of the time
- This coupling is based on 45 average revisions
- **Action**: These files should probably be reviewed together, tested together, and maybe even refactored into a single module

---

### One-Liner with UV (No Log File Needed)

Run analysis directly without creating an intermediate file using **process substitution**:

```bash
# Coupling analysis (last month)
uvx code-maat-python coupling <(git log --all -M -C --numstat --date=short --since="1 month ago" --pretty=format:'--%h--%cd--%cn') --min-coupling 50

# Hotspots (revisions)
uvx code-maat-python revisions <(git log --all -M -C --numstat --date=short --since="1 month ago" --pretty=format:'--%h--%cd--%cn') --rows 20

# Communication analysis
uvx code-maat-python communication <(git log --all -M -C --numstat --date=short --since="1 month ago" --pretty=format:'--%h--%cd--%cn') --min-shared 10

# For more history, adjust the time period:
# --since="3 months ago"
# --since="6 months ago"
# --since="1 year ago"
# Or omit --since to analyze entire history
```

**Note:**
- Process substitution `<(...)` works on macOS and Linux with bash/zsh. For Windows or portable scripts, create a temporary file instead.
- Default to `--since="1 month ago"` to keep output manageable. Adjust time period as needed.

---

### Shell Alias for Quick Analysis

Add this to your `~/.bashrc` or `~/.zshrc` for even faster analysis:

```bash
# Default: analyze last month
maat() {
  local analysis="${1:?Usage: maat <analysis> [options]}"
  shift
  uvx code-maat-python "$analysis" <(git log --all -M -C --numstat --date=short --since="1 month ago" --pretty=format:'--%h--%cd--%cn') "$@"
}

# Optional: analyze custom time period
maat-since() {
  local since="${1:?Usage: maat-since <time-period> <analysis> [options]}"
  local analysis="${2:?}"
  shift 2
  uvx code-maat-python "$analysis" <(git log --all -M -C --numstat --date=short --since="$since" --pretty=format:'--%h--%cd--%cn') "$@"
}
```

Then use it like:
```bash
# Default (last month)
maat coupling --min-coupling 50
maat revisions --rows 20
maat communication --min-shared 10

# Custom time period
maat-since "3 months ago" coupling --min-coupling 50
maat-since "1 year ago" revisions --rows 20
```

---

## Installation

### Requirements
- Python 3.10 or higher
- Git (to generate logs)

### Install via pip

```bash
pip install code-maat-python
```

### Install from source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/hydrosquall/code-maat-python.git
cd code-maat-python
poetry install
```

### Verify installation

```bash
code-maat-python --help
```

---

## Available Analysis Commands

code-maat-python provides 17 different analysis commands organized into these categories:

### Code Quality & Risk
- **coupling** - Find files that change together (hidden dependencies)
- **soc** - Sum of coupling (quick hotspot detection)
- **entity-churn** - Identify high-change files (defect predictors)
- **age** - Find stale or stable code

### Team & Collaboration
- **communication** - Identify developers who need to coordinate
- **authors** - Knowledge distribution across files
- **entity-ownership** - Contribution breakdown per file
- **main-dev** - Primary contributor by lines added
- **main-dev-by-revs** - Primary contributor by commits
- **refactoring-main-dev** - Who cleans up code

### Activity & Effort
- **revisions** - Most frequently changed files
- **abs-churn** - Activity over time
- **author-churn** - Individual contribution patterns
- **entity-effort** - Effort distribution by commits
- **fragmentation** - Contributor spread analysis

### Overview
- **summary** - Repository health check
- **entities** - List all tracked files

For detailed command documentation, examples, and advanced options, see [REFERENCE.md](REFERENCE.md).

---

## Real-World Use Cases

### Use Case 1: Pre-Release Risk Assessment

**Problem**: You're about to ship a major release. Which files are most risky?

**Solution**:
```bash
# 1. Find high-churn files (frequently changed = higher risk)
code-maat-python entity-churn git.log --rows 20 > high-churn.csv

# 2. Find tightly coupled files (changes cascade)
code-maat-python coupling git.log --min-coupling 60 > coupling.csv

# 3. Find fragmented files (many authors = inconsistent)
code-maat-python fragmentation git.log --rows 20 > fragmented.csv
```

**Action**: Focus testing and code review on files appearing in all three reports.

---

### Use Case 2: Team Communication Gaps

**Problem**: Your team keeps stepping on each other's toes, causing merge conflicts and duplicate work.

**Solution**:
```bash
# Show which developers work on the same code
code-maat-python communication git.log --min-shared 15
```

**Output**:
```csv
author,peer,shared,strength
Alice,Bob,23,34
Bob,Charlie,18,35
Alice,Charlie,12,27
```

**Action**: Alice and Bob should sync up regularly - they're working on overlapping code 34% of the time.

---

### Use Case 3: Architectural Analysis

**Problem**: You want to understand coupling at the **architecture level**, not individual files.

**Solution**: Use architectural grouping!

**Step 1**: Create `layers.txt`:
```
src/controllers => Controllers
src/models => Models
src/views => Views
src/utils => Utilities
```

**Step 2**: Analyze coupling by layer:
```bash
code-maat-python coupling git.log --group layers.txt --min-coupling 40
```

**Output**:
```csv
entity,coupled,degree,average-revs
Controllers,Models,78,234
Views,Controllers,65,198
Models,Utilities,42,156
```

**Insight**: Controllers and Models are tightly coupled (78%) - might indicate business logic leaking into controllers.

---

### Use Case 4: Knowledge Transfer Planning

**Problem**: Sarah is leaving the team. Where will knowledge gaps be?

**Solution**:
```bash
# Find files where Sarah is the main developer
code-maat-python main-dev git.log | grep "Sarah"

# See who else has worked on those files
code-maat-python entity-ownership git.log > ownership.csv
```

**Action**: Focus knowledge transfer sessions on files where Sarah has >70% ownership and no backup developer.

---

## Advanced Features

### Architectural Grouping

Group files by architectural layers for high-level analysis:

```bash
code-maat-python coupling git.log --group layers.txt
```

### Team Mapping

Aggregate analysis by teams instead of individuals:

```bash
code-maat-python communication git.log --team-map-file teams.csv
```

### Output Control

```bash
# Limit to top N results
code-maat-python revisions git.log --rows 10

# Save to CSV
code-maat-python coupling git.log --output results.csv
```

For complete examples and advanced workflows, see [REFERENCE.md](REFERENCE.md)

---

## Understanding the Git Log Format

code-maat-python expects Git logs in this format:

```bash
git log --all -M -C --numstat --date=short --pretty=format:'--%h--%cd--%cn'
```

**What each flag does:**
- `--all`: Include all branches
- `-M -C`: Detect renames and copies
- `--numstat`: Show line changes per file
- `--date=short`: Use YYYY-MM-DD format
- `--pretty=format:'--%h--%cd--%cn'`: Commit format (hash--date--author)

**Sample output:**
```
--a1b2c3d--2023-06-15--Alice Smith

45      12      src/main.py
8       3       src/utils.py
--e4f5g6h--2023-06-16--Bob Jones

23      5       src/main.py
```

---

## Tips & Best Practices

### DO

1. **Start with recent history**: Analyze last 3-6 months for current patterns
   ```bash
   git log --since="3 months ago" ...
   ```

2. **Combine multiple analyses**: Cross-reference coupling + churn + fragmentation for best insights

3. **Use architectural grouping**: Get higher-level insights by grouping files into layers

4. **Filter noise**: Use `--min-coupling`, `--min-revs` to focus on significant patterns

5. **Share results**: Export to CSV and share with your team

### DON'T

1. **Don't analyze entire history**: Recent patterns matter most (last 6-12 months)

2. **Don't ignore context**: High coupling isn't always bad (e.g., tests + implementation)

3. **Don't make knee-jerk decisions**: Use insights to guide investigation, not as absolute truth

4. **Don't forget team context**: Talk to developers about what the data shows

---

## Common Questions

### **Q: How is this different from code complexity tools?**

**A**: Complexity tools (like SonarQube) analyze *what* the code is. code-maat-python analyzes *how* the code *changes over time*. They're complementary:

- **Complexity tools**: "This function is too long"
- **code-maat-python**: "These two files always change together, suggesting hidden coupling"

### **Q: Why analyze Git history instead of static code?**

**A**: Git history reveals:
- Hidden dependencies (files that change together but don't import each other)
- Team dynamics (who works on what, communication needs)
- Risk patterns (high churn correlates with defects)
- Knowledge distribution (who knows what)

Static analysis can't tell you any of this.

### **Q: How accurate are the predictions?**

**A**: Research shows:
- **Logical coupling** predicts 60-80% of defects ([Nagappan & Ball, 2007](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1453101.1453106))
- **Code churn** is the #1 predictor of post-release defects
- **Communication gaps** correlate with coordination problems and bugs

This is evidence-based software engineering, not magic.

### **Q: Can I use this with other version control systems?**

**A**: Currently, only Git is supported. The log format is Git-specific.

### **Q: How big can my repository be?**

**A**: code-maat-python uses pandas for efficient processing. It handles:
- 10,000 commits: < 1 second
- 100,000 commits: < 10 seconds
- 1,000,000 commits: < 2 minutes

If you have a huge monorepo, filter by date or subdirectory.

---

## Further Reading & Research

### **Academic Foundation**

This tool is based on research in Mining Software Repositories (MSR):

- **Logical Coupling**: D'Ambros, M., Lanza, M., & Robbes, R. (2010). "An extensive comparison of bug prediction approaches."
- **Code Churn & Defects**: Nagappan, N., & Ball, T. (2007). "Predicting failures with developer networks and social network analysis."
- **Communication Needs**: Cataldo, M., et al. (2006). "Identification of coordination requirements."

### **Books**

- **"Your Code as a Crime Scene"** by Adam Tornhill - Forensic analysis of code using Git history
- **"Software Design X-Rays"** by Adam Tornhill - Advanced techniques for analyzing codebases

### **Original Tool**

code-maat-python is a modern Python reimplementation of [Code Maat](https://github.com/adamtornhill/code-maat) by Adam Tornhill (Clojure).

**Why rewrite?**
- **Python ecosystem**: Easier to integrate with data science tools (pandas, matplotlib, Jupyter)
- **Modern CLI**: Better user experience with Click
- **Extensibility**: Easy to add custom analyses
- **Performance**: pandas is fast for data processing

---

## Contributing

We welcome contributions! See our [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

**Ideas for contributions:**
- New analysis types
- Visualization tools (matplotlib/plotly integration)
- Performance optimizations
- Documentation improvements
- Integration with CI/CD tools

---

## License

GPL-3.0 License - see [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.

This project is inspired by and compatible with [Code Maat](https://github.com/adamtornhill/code-maat) by Adam Tornhill.

---

## Support & Community

- **Issues**: [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/hydrosquall/code-maat-python/issues)
- **Discussions**: [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/hydrosquall/code-maat-python/discussions)
- **Repository**: [github.com/hydrosquall/code-maat-python](https://github.com/hydrosquall/code-maat-python)

---

## Quick Reference: All Commands

| Command | Purpose | Use Case |
|---------|---------|----------|
| `coupling` | Files that change together | Find hidden dependencies |
| `soc` | Sum of coupling | Quick hotspot detection |
| `entity-churn` | Code change frequency | Identify risky files |
| `age` | Time since last change | Find stale/stable code |
| `communication` | Developer collaboration needs | Improve team coordination |
| `authors` | Knowledge distribution | Find silos |
| `entity-ownership` | Contribution breakdown | Assign code owners |
| `main-dev` | Primary contributor (lines) | Find experts |
| `main-dev-by-revs` | Primary contributor (commits) | Find maintainers |
| `refactoring-main-dev` | Refactoring effort | Identify quality champions |
| `revisions` | Most changed files | Hotspot analysis |
| `abs-churn` | Activity over time | Track development phases |
| `author-churn` | Individual contributions | Review effort distribution |
| `entity-effort` | Effort by commits | Understand work distribution |
| `fragmentation` | Contributor spread | Find coordination issues |
| `summary` | Repository overview | Health check |
| `entities` | All files list | Scope understanding |

---

**Made by developers, for developers. Now go discover what your Git history has been trying to tell you!**

