Code Churn
A metric for code quality and maintenance cost, defined as the proportion of lines in a file that are modified or deleted shortly after being committed, reflecting the frequency of rework.
Timeline (last 90 days)
According to GitClear's analysis of more than 211 million lines of changed code, short-term code churn rose from a 3.3% baseline to 5.7%–7.1% during the period of increased adoption of AI coding tools.
Code churn is the rate at which recently merged code is rewritten or reverted within two weeks of being committed.
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According to GitClear's analysis of more than 211 million lines of changed code, short-term code churn rose from a 3.3% baseline to 5.7%–7.1% during the period of increased adoption of AI coding tools.
50%UnverifiedCode churn is the rate at which recently merged code is rewritten or reverted within two weeks of being committed.
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