Determine current code distribution by author

Question

I thought it would be neat if it were possible to take a Git repository, run some script, and have it generate the number of lines in the code base, and the proportion of each a

Answer 1

You probably need gitdm, it can do exactly what you need. We use it for Mahara project to produce contribution statistics.

Just do what README suggests:

A typical command line used to generate the "who write 2.6.x" LWN articles looks like:

git log -p -M v2.6.19..v2.6.20 |  gitdm -u -s -a -o results -h results.html

You can also customise it for your own purposes.