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File Size The distribution of size of files (measured in lines of code). |
File Size Overall
- There are 23 files with 1,217 lines of code.
- 0 very long files (0 lines of code)
- 0 long files (0 lines of code)
- 2 medium size files (525 lines of code)
- 1 small files (124 lines of code)
- 20 very small files (568 lines of code)
Legend:
1001+
501-1000
201-500
101-200
1-100
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File Size per Extension
1001+
501-1000
201-500
101-200
1-100
File Size per Logical Decomposition
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Longest Files (Top 23)
| File | # lines | # units |
|---|---|---|
| 301 | 1 | |
| 224 | 1 | |
| 124 | - | |
| 81 | 1 | |
| 77 | 3 | |
| 74 | 2 | |
| 72 | - | |
| 46 | 4 | |
| 45 | 3 | |
| 34 | - | |
| 27 | 2 | |
| 21 | - | |
| 20 | - | |
| 14 | - | |
| 13 | - | |
| 12 | - | |
| 10 | - | |
| 6 | 1 | |
| 5 | - | |
| 4 | - | |
| 4 | - | |
| 2 | - | |
| 1 | - |
Large Files That Change Often (Top 10)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | ~2k–5k | 8 | ~30 | ~10 | |
| 224 | ~1.5k–5k | 4 | ~30 | ~7 | |
| 81 | ~500–1.5k | 10 | ~20 | ~3 | |
| 77 | ~500–1.5k | 2 | ~20 | ~3 | |
| 74 | ~500–1.5k | 2 | ~15 | ~5 | |
| 72 | ~500–1.5k | 2 | ~20 | ~3 | |
| 46 | under 1k | 3 | ~15 | ~3 | |
| 34 | under 1k | 2 | ~15 | ~3 | |
| 20 | under 1k | 2 | ~20 | ~1 | |
| 12 | under 1k | 2 | ~3 | ~3 |
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 9)
| File | # lines | # units |
|---|---|---|
| 46 | 4 | |
| 77 | 3 | |
| 45 | 3 | |
| 74 | 2 | |
| 27 | 2 | |
| 301 | 1 | |
| 81 | 1 | |
| 224 | 1 | |
| 6 | 1 |
Files With Long Lines (Top 4)
There are 4 files with lines longer than 120 characters. In total, there are 6 long lines.
| File | # lines | # units | # long lines |
|---|---|---|---|
| 224 | 1 | 3 | |
| 72 | - | 1 | |
| 81 | 1 | 1 | |
| 45 | 3 | 1 |
Correlations
File Size vs. Commits (all time): 23 points
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301.0 | lines of code min: 1.0average: 52.91 25th percentile: 6.0 median: 21.0 75th percentile: 74.0 max: 301.0 |
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| 0 | 65.0 | ||
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commits (all time) min: 1.0 | average: 12.17 | 25th percentile: 2.0 | median: 7.0 | 75th percentile: 15.0 | max: 65.0
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File Size vs. Contributors (all time): 23 points
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301.0 | lines of code min: 1.0average: 52.91 25th percentile: 6.0 median: 21.0 75th percentile: 74.0 max: 301.0 |
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| 0 | 15.0 | ||
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contributors (all time) min: 1.0 | average: 3.39 | 25th percentile: 1.0 | median: 2.0 | 75th percentile: 5.0 | max: 15.0
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File Size vs. Commits (30 days): 0 points
No data for "commits (30d)" vs. "lines of code".
File Size vs. Contributors (30 days): 0 points
No data for "contributors (30d)" vs. "lines of code".
File Size vs. Commits (90 days): 0 points
No data for "commits (90d)" vs. "lines of code".
File Size vs. Contributors (90 days): 0 points
No data for "contributors (90d)" vs. "lines of code".
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