Git LOC Plot
Plots lines of code over time in a Git repository.
This script uses cloc to count lines of code in each commit of a branch in a given repository.
The output consists of two files:
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CSV file with lines of code per language over time:
date,language,code 2025-04-07 16:41:58+03:00,Java,549 2025-04-07 16:30:41+03:00,Java,549 2024-11-29 09:25:50+02:00,Java,522 -
PNG image:
Dependencies
- python3 (
sudo apt install python3) - cloc (
sudo apt install cloc)
Quickstart
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
Usage
Basic usage:
python git-loc-plot.py <path-to-repo> [--langs <Java,Gradle,...>] [--outdir <dir>] [--step <commits>]
Example:
python loc.py /path/to/repo
Use --langs to filter the output to one or more specific languages.
Specify a comma-separated list of languages. To view full list of supported languages: cloc -show-lang.
python loc.py /path/to/repo --langs Java,Gradle
Use --outdir to specify a directory to write output files to. If not specified, files are written to the current workdir.
python loc.py /path/to/repo --outdir ./results
Use --step to speed up processing by only counting every n:th commit. Useful for repos with many commits.
python loc.py /path/to/repo --step 50