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GitHub language bars spark line-count debate
Original: GitHub's repository sidebar shows language percentages. It never shows line counts. That always... # showdev # github #
Developers are debating GitHub's repository sidebar, which displays language percentages but never raw line counts. A discussion notes that counting source lines of code can be misleading, citing the example that almost half of React's codebase consists of tests, which skews how a project's true composition appears to anyone judging it by the language breakdown alone.
Why now: Developers find it counterintuitive that GitHub omits line counts, and test-heavy codebases like React make the percentages misleading.
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- GitHub's repository sidebar shows language percentages. It never shows line counts. That always... # showdev # github # programming # opensource # software # coding # development # engineering # inclusive # community Almost half of React's code is tests: what a SLOC counter… · hackaday@www.urbanmind.net · 4
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