Tekton Pipeline Repository Analyzer

This project contains scripts to fetch and analyze data from the tektoncd/pipeline repository.

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• requests library
• matplotlib library (for visualization)

Setup

1. Install the required packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

Available Scripts

Commit Fetcher

Run the commits script:

python get_commits.py

This will:

1. Fetch commits from the tektoncd/pipeline repository from Q1 2024 to Q1 2025
2. Save them to a JSON file named tektoncd_pipeline_commits.json

The JSON file contains each commit's:

• SHA
• Commit message
• Date
• Author name

Release Fetcher

Run the releases script:

python get_releases.py

This will:

1. Fetch releases from the tektoncd/pipeline repository from Q1 2024 to Q1 2025
2. Save them to a JSON file named tektoncd_pipeline_releases.json

The JSON file contains each release's:

• ID
• Name
• Tag name
• Published date
• Release notes (body)

Commit Analysis

Run the analysis script:

python analyze_commits.py

This will:

1. Load the commit data from tektoncd_pipeline_commits.json
2. Analyze commit patterns, authors, and messages
3. Generate charts and save them to a charts directory
4. Print interesting statistics about the repository

The generated charts include:

• Monthly commit activity
• Commits by day of the week
• Commits by hour of the day
• Top 10 contributors
• Common commit message types

Filtering by Date Range

You can analyze commits within a specific date range using the --start and --end parameters:

python analyze_commits.py --start 2024-01-01 --end 2024-03-31

This will analyze only commits made in Q1 2024 (January 1 to March 31, 2024).

Options:

• --start: Start date in YYYY-MM-DD format
• --end: End date in YYYY-MM-DD format
• --input: Path to input JSON file (default: tektoncd_pipeline_commits.json)

To see all available options:

python analyze_commits.py --help