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Software history under the lens : a study on why and how developers examine it

Creator:

Codoban, Mihai, Srinivasa Ragavan, Sruti, Dig, Danny, and Bailey, Brian

Abstract:

Despite software history being indispensable for developers, there is little empirical knowledge about how they examine software history. Without such knowledge, researchers and tool builders are in danger of making wrong assumptions and building inadequate tools. In this paper we present an in-depth empirical study about the motivations developers have...

Resource Type:

Technical Report

Full Text:

questions we asked during the interviews: • Describe an instance when you had to examine recent (or old