Rapid code file tracing method and device for GitHub large-scale open source codes

Abstract

The invention provides a rapid code file tracing method and device for GitHub large-scale open source codes. The method comprises the following steps: reading a file to be traced, and constructing aninitial query meeting a GitHub code search API standard; executing a query and obtaining a query result returned by the GitHub; extracting a file path and a code warehouse where the file path is located in the query result; obtaining attributes of the code warehouse through a code warehouse API of the GitHub; and sorting the code warehouses according to the attributes of the code warehouses, returning a sorted result, and taking the sorted result and the file path as a code file traceability result. Further, performing manual verification on the code file tracing result, and if the accuracy does not meet the requirement after manual verification, rebuilding code search query, and performing iterative tracing. According to the invention, code traceability in a large-scale code warehouse canbe assisted with relatively low cost.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the field of source code traceability of open source software, in particular to a method and device for fast source code file traceability of GitHub large-scale open source codes. Background technique [0002] Open source software has been widely used in production and life. In software development, it is a very common practice to reuse existing open source software or its components. In order to reduce code maintenance costs and reduce the risk of open source license conflicts, many development teams need to trace the source of open source code used in their software projects. [0003] The basic method of code traceability is to collect large-scale open source codes and search for the source codes and their associated software projects through code clone detection technology in these open source codes. Code clone detection refers to given two code files or code fragments to determine whether they are similar. [000...

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In addition, a large number of new warehouses are generated on the Internet every day. Even if only considering a representative platform such as GitHub, it is almost impossible to collect the above open source code completely;

[0007] Second, the above-mentioned code clone detection algorithm has high complexity and low execution efficiency

[0008] In summary, a method that can reduce the cost and processing time of code traceability needs to be proposed

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