Method for automatically generating outline and label for code modification

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for automatically generating an outline and a label for a code modification. According to the submitted code modification, the method can automatically generate descriptive information about the code modification, then generates the content outline according to the generated descriptive information of the code modification and generates the label related to the code modification. The method provides software maintenance staffs with the code modification outline, lets software development staffs read and understand historical software modifications easily, increases quality of modification submission and helps the development staffs better understand the modifications.

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[0001] Field [0002] The invention relates to the field of software maintenance, in particular to a summary and label automatic generation method for code modification. The method automatically generates a code modification summary for the submitted code modification, and uses a tag topic model to recommend tags related to the modification content to assist maintenance personnel in understanding the code modification. Background technique [0003] In the field of software maintenance, software products are generally continuously upgraded and maintained in order to meet the changing needs of users. In order to realize a certain maintenance request, developers need to continuously improve the functions of the software according to the needs of users. After modification, developers need Fill out the program modification registration form, and write down the differences between the old and new programs on the program change notice. However, manual generation of code modification...

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However, manual generation of code modification information is a huge workload, and the code modification information written by developers is often subjective, and the description sentences may be confusing, so it is necessary to automatically generate code modification summaries

[0004] In this field, relevant personnel have conducted research on automatically generating code summaries, Luis Fernando Cortés-Coy et al. (10.1109 / SCAM.2014.14, 28-29) based on the tree difference algorithm to obtain method code modification through Change Distiller technology, there are also The well-known diffs technology analyzes the differences between code texts, but in these technologies, the generated code modification submission information is often informative and poorly readable, and only describes the code differences from the perspective of what, and There is no description of why information, that is, the reason for the code modification here, etc., but the why information is more concerned by developers, and developers want to know what is the reason for the modification here

There is no relevant research report on this problem in the prior art

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