Git Commits

Themis-Git-Commits is a large-scale dataset of single-file code commits mined from permissively licensed GitHub repositories via the BigQuery GitHub public dataset. The SQL query restricts to repositories under permissive open-source licenses only, including MIT, Apache-2.0, and BSD variants. The BigQuery snapshot used contains commits up to early 2022.

Use Cases

• Analyze code change patterns based on single-file commits mentioned in the description
• Study software evolution and maintenance trends based on commits from permissively licensed repositories
• Train models for automated code review or security vulnerability detection based on commit data

Strengths

• Large-scale dataset of commits from permissively licensed repositories
• Explicitly filtered for permissive open-source licenses including MIT, Apache-2.0, and BSD variants

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data freshness should be verified as the snapshot contains commits only up to early 2022

Provenance

Source

GitHub repositories via BigQuery GitHub public dataset

Collection Method

Mined via SQL query restricting to permissively licensed repositories

Time Range

Commits up to early 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 02:32:47; snapshot contains commits up to early 2022.