guardian/commercial-templates
File Size The distribution of size of files (measured in lines of code). |
File Size Overall
- There are 156 files with 8,539 lines of code.
- 0 very long files (0 lines of code)
- 1 long files (715 lines of code)
- 2 medium size files (696 lines of code)
- 23 small files (3,269 lines of code)
- 130 very small files (3,859 lines of code)
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File Size per Extension
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File Size per Logical Decomposition
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Longest Files (Top 50)
| File | # lines | # units |
|---|---|---|
| 715 | - | |
| 394 | - | |
| 302 | - | |
| 185 | - | |
| 177 | - | |
| 176 | - | |
| 176 | - | |
| 170 | - | |
| 168 | 5 | |
| 168 | - | |
| 166 | - | |
| 155 | - | |
| 152 | - | |
| 135 | - | |
| 133 | - | |
| 130 | - | |
| 130 | - | |
| 129 | - | |
| 128 | - | |
| 120 | - | |
| 117 | - | |
| 117 | - | |
| 117 | - | |
| 109 | - | |
| 107 | - | |
| 104 | - | |
| 100 | - | |
| 100 | - | |
| 100 | - | |
| 98 | - | |
| 94 | - | |
| 89 | - | |
| 85 | - | |
| 82 | - | |
| 76 | - | |
| 73 | - | |
| 72 | - | |
| 69 | - | |
| 69 | - | |
| 69 | - | |
| 68 | - | |
| 68 | 9 | |
| 65 | - | |
| 63 | 4 | |
| 63 | - | |
| 60 | - | |
| 60 | - | |
| 59 | - | |
| 59 | - | |
| 58 | - |
Large Files That Change Often (Top 20)
To change a file, an AI coding agent (or a person) has to read it: these files are read the most for the changes in the past year (lines × changes).
| File | # lines | ≈ tokens to read | # changes (1y) | ≈ lines edited per change | lines read per line changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 302 | ~2k–5k | 17 | ~50 | ~5 | |
| 394 | ~2k–7k | 11 | ~100 | ~5 | |
| 177 | ~1k–3k | 21 | ~30 | ~5 | |
| 170 | ~1k–3k | 19 | ~15 | ~10 | |
| 130 | ~700–2k | 16 | ~20 | ~5 | |
| 168 | ~1k–3k | 12 | ~70 | ~2 | |
| 176 | ~1k–3k | 10 | ~70 | ~3 | |
| 155 | ~1k–3k | 11 | ~50 | ~3 | |
| 176 | ~1k–3k | 9 | ~50 | ~3 | |
| 135 | ~700–2k | 11 | ~30 | ~3 | |
| 715 | ~5k–15k | 2 | ~700 | ~1 | |
| 109 | ~700–2k | 13 | ~20 | ~5 | |
| 117 | ~700–2k | 12 | ~30 | ~3 | |
| 152 | ~1k–3k | 9 | ~30 | ~3 | |
| 130 | ~700–2k | 10 | ~50 | ~2 | |
| 133 | ~700–2k | 9 | ~30 | ~3 | |
| 168 | ~1k–3k | 7 | ~70 | ~3 | |
| 117 | ~700–2k | 9 | ~50 | ~2 | |
| 166 | ~1k–3k | 6 | ~70 | ~2 | |
| 72 | ~500–1.5k | 13 | ~15 | ~5 |
Tokens are lines × 7 to 14 (analysis.fileReadsForChanges). Lines edited per change are the file's lines added and deleted divided by its commits over the whole history. Agents read about 2,000 lines at a time: when a 17,000-line file was split into modules, the tokens an agent read for the same change fell by 83% (The Economic Benefit of Refactoring, 2026).
Files With Most Units (Top 12)
| File | # lines | # units |
|---|---|---|
| 68 | 9 | |
| 168 | 5 | |
| 63 | 4 | |
| 36 | 3 | |
| 39 | 2 | |
| 28 | 2 | |
| 32 | 2 | |
| 19 | 1 | |
| 31 | 1 | |
| 19 | 1 | |
| 19 | 1 | |
| 31 | 1 |
Files With Long Lines (Top 45)
There are 45 files with lines longer than 120 characters. In total, there are 476 long lines.
| File | # lines | # units | # long lines |
|---|---|---|---|
| 715 | - | 166 | |
| 129 | - | 29 | |
| 117 | - | 28 | |
| 185 | - | 25 | |
| 100 | - | 18 | |
| 100 | - | 17 | |
| 107 | - | 17 | |
| 98 | - | 16 | |
| 65 | - | 15 | |
| 48 | - | 15 | |
| 63 | - | 15 | |
| 85 | - | 14 | |
| 53 | - | 14 | |
| 394 | - | 12 | |
| 89 | - | 8 | |
| 44 | - | 6 | |
| 36 | - | 6 | |
| 14 | - | 4 | |
| 13 | - | 3 | |
| 13 | - | 3 | |
| 13 | - | 3 | |
| 13 | - | 3 | |
| 13 | - | 3 | |
| 13 | - | 3 | |
| 13 | - | 3 | |
| 13 | - | 3 | |
| 302 | - | 3 | |
| 43 | - | 3 | |
| 31 | - | 2 | |
| 120 | - | 2 | |
| 49 | - | 2 | |
| 49 | - | 2 | |
| 170 | - | 1 | |
| 48 | - | 1 | |
| 130 | - | 1 | |
| 15 | - | 1 | |
| 15 | - | 1 | |
| 5 | - | 1 | |
| 5 | - | 1 | |
| 72 | - | 1 | |
| 128 | - | 1 | |
| 68 | 9 | 1 | |
| 69 | - | 1 | |
| 9 | - | 1 | |
| 76 | - | 1 |
Correlations
File Size vs. Commits (all time): 156 points
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715.0 | lines of code min: 1.0average: 54.74 25th percentile: 13.0 median: 27.0 75th percentile: 69.0 max: 715.0 |
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| 0 | 62.0 | ||
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commits (all time) min: 1.0 | average: 6.44 | 25th percentile: 2.0 | median: 4.0 | 75th percentile: 8.0 | max: 62.0
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File Size vs. Contributors (all time): 156 points
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715.0 | lines of code min: 1.0average: 54.74 25th percentile: 13.0 median: 27.0 75th percentile: 69.0 max: 715.0 |
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| 0 | 13.0 | ||
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contributors (all time) min: 1.0 | average: 2.11 | 25th percentile: 1.0 | median: 1.5 | 75th percentile: 3.0 | max: 13.0
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File Size vs. Commits (30 days): 8 points
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177.0 | lines of code min: 6.0average: 68.25 25th percentile: 14.25 median: 48.5 75th percentile: 123.25 max: 177.0 |
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| 0 | 5.0 | ||
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commits (30d) min: 1.0 | average: 2.38 | 25th percentile: 1.0 | median: 1.5 | 75th percentile: 4.0 | max: 5.0
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File Size vs. Contributors (30 days): 8 points
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177.0 | lines of code min: 6.0average: 68.25 25th percentile: 14.25 median: 48.5 75th percentile: 123.25 max: 177.0 |
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| 0 | 1.0 | ||
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contributors (30d) min: 1.0 | average: 1.0 | 25th percentile: 1.0 | median: 1.0 | 75th percentile: 1.0 | max: 1.0
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File Size vs. Commits (90 days): 41 points
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394.0 | lines of code min: 6.0average: 66.63 25th percentile: 14.0 median: 28.0 75th percentile: 88.0 max: 394.0 |
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| 0 | 12.0 | ||
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commits (90d) min: 2.0 | average: 4.24 | 25th percentile: 2.0 | median: 3.0 | 75th percentile: 6.0 | max: 12.0
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File Size vs. Contributors (90 days): 41 points
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394.0 | lines of code min: 6.0average: 66.63 25th percentile: 14.0 median: 28.0 75th percentile: 88.0 max: 394.0 |
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| 0 | 3.0 | ||
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contributors (90d) min: 1.0 | average: 1.51 | 25th percentile: 1.0 | median: 1.0 | 75th percentile: 2.0 | max: 3.0
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About This Analysis
- File size measurements show the distribution of size of files.
- Files are classified in four categories based on their size (lines of code): 1-100 (very small files), 101-200 (small files), 201-500 (medium size files), 501-1000 (long files), 1001+(very long files).
- It is a good practice to keep files small. Long files may become "bloaters", code that have increased to such gargantuan proportions that they are hard to work with.
Learn more...
- To learn more about bloaters and how to deal with long code structures, Sokrates recommends the following resources:
- Refactoring bloaters, sourcemaking.com
- The Blob Software Development Anti-Pattern, sourcemaking.com