Contribution activity and bus factor of github/gitignore

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Active contributions

Why github/gitignore is active?

The result is based on ratio of number of commits and code additions from initial and final time ranges.

Initial time range – from 5 Jul, 2023 to 5 Oct, 2023

Final time range – from 5 Apr, 2024 to 5 Jul, 2024

Additions and deletions stats are not available for this repository due to GitHub API limitations.

Data calculated on 5 Jul, 2024

Bus factor of github/gitignore

What is Bus factor?

It is basically a number of most active contributors responsible for 80% of contributions.

Bus factor tries to assess "What happens if a key member of the team is hit by a bus?". The more there are key members, the lower the risk.

The github/gitignore repository has a bus factor of 121.

Low risk, knowledge is well distributed among the team members

Bus factor was measured on 14 Aug 2024

121

Repository summary

The github/gitignore repository is a collection of useful .gitignore templates, with all kind of languages, frameworks, tools, and more. These are very helpful to set up your project's .gitignore files.

A .gitignore file is a list of files to ignore when committing changes to the repository. It's specially useful in teams to ensure that everyone agrees on which files shouldn't be tracked by git, but also can help individual developers in their personal projects.

In this repository, you'll find templates for .gitignore files for a wide variety of languages and environments, including but not limited to Node, Java, Python, Ruby, Swift, and many others. This can be particularly useful if you're moving between projects in different languages and environments since it can reduce the risk of accidentally committing the wrong files.

Furthermore, contributions to this repository are welcome, so if you find that a particular language or environment is missing, you are encouraged to send a Pull Request with the new .gitignore template.

Overall, the github/gitignore repository is a very useful resource for any developer using git.