GitHub Commit History for 58 Open Source Software Projects

58 GitHub project commit histories collected for a study on team productivity and coordination in open source software communities. The data was compiled by Ingo Scholtes of ETH Zurich for the paper 'From Aristotle to Ringelmann'. The dataset includes a README file for detailed description.

Use Cases

• Modeling team productivity based on commit activity patterns mentioned in the description
• Analyzing coordination patterns in open source communities based on commit history
• Studying the relationship between team size and individual contribution based on commit data

Strengths

• Data originates from 58 distinct GitHub projects, providing a multi-project perspective.
• Includes a README file for detailed description, suggesting structured documentation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

GitHub

Collection Method

Collected commit history from 58 projects for academic research.