Code Impact

Code impact measures the impact of the code that the contributor has added to the code base. The analysis offers more than counting the number of lines of codes. 

There are many parameters we depend on to calculate the impact of the code. Some of them are the following;

• Whether the code is completely new or it includes code refactor
• Whether code changes are applied in a single file or multiple files
• Whether the change locations are distributed or in the same area
• The code amount that is changed in terms of area or files
• The comparison of the current change from the historic change data

And more...

Therefore, in the end, the change containing fewer lines of code may be much more impactful than the change containing a high number of changed lines of code.

Code impact is used throughout the Valven to analyze different aspects like the contributor status and more.