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by cratermoon 582 days ago
Git history can find code that is changed often, has many developers changing it, or was mostly written by someone no longer with the organization. Looking at the evolution of the code over time can help identify problem code as well as find areas that are in need of more attention, either by refactoring or otherwise cleaning up.

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