chris48s
commented
3 years ago This can be done with the github V4 API e.g:
query {
repository(owner:"badges", name:"shields") {
object(expression:"master") {
... on Commit {
history {
totalCount
}
}
}
}
}I'm not 100% convinced this is a massively useful thing to put on a badge given it is shown pretty prominently on the landing page of a GH repo
but if someone wants to work on it, lets go with the graphql query :)
calebcartwright
YashTotale
msberends
:clipboard: Description
The badge is for displaying the total amount of commits to a GitHub repository.
Example:
:link: Data
There is no clear way to get the total number of commits to a repository.
One way is to get all the contributors to a repository using the GitHub API and add the
contributionsattribute of each to get the total number of commits. Here is an example. This is not a robust solution, however.This article details a more robust solution, however, it is a "hackish" solution.
:microphone: Motivation
There are badges for weekly, monthly, and yearly commits, however, there is none for total commits. This badge would be useful in helping users get a better idea of the project's dependability.
A large number of commits generally correlates with a more robust and maintained project, improving its credibility. Conversely, newer projects that are more likely to undergo breaking changes will have a small number of commits (even if they have a high amount of weekly/monthly commits as they are being developed). Therefore, this badge would give users a better idea of a project's dependability than weekly/monthly commit counts.