microtask-7

Microtask #7

• Based on the JSON documents produced by Graal and its source code, try to answer the following questions:

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# Which are the common methods of the Graal backends?

fetch()

• With the help of Perceval's Git backend, fetch() retrieves from a Git repository a list of commits and supports the inclusion of code analysis information.
• Commits are returned in the same order they were obtained.

NOTE: All the below methods which are common across Graal backends requires a Perceval's commit object from it's Git backend.

_filter_commit():

• This method filters a commit from a local Git repository according to its data (e.g. author, sha, etc.)

_analyze():

• This method analyzes a commit and the corresponding checkout version of the repository.
• For example: In case of CoLic Backend analysis can be performed on license information with the help of either NOMOS or SCANCODE tool.

_post():

• This method performs operation (e.g. removing some attributes from the commit generator) on the Graal item obtained.

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# List and explain at least 2 Git commands used by Graal (and not implemented in Perceval)

git worktree:

• This command helps us create a working tree of the cloned repository with the active branch set to master by default.
• With this we're able to perform checkout operations on the repository which cannot be performed on a cloned bare repository.
• command:

    # To attach a worktree
    $ git worktree add <worktree_path> <branch_name>

    # When you are done with a linked working tree you can simply prune it.
    $ git worktree prune

git checkout:

• This command helps us checkout all the content of the repository for a given commit hash.
• With this the content at every commit can be individually analyzed.
• command:

    # to checkout a commit
    $ git checkout <commit_hash>

• Reference

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This concludes microtask #7