guardian/payment-failure-comms
File Size The distribution of size of files (measured in lines of code). |
File Size Overall
- There are 20 files with 1,460 lines of code.
- 0 very long files (0 lines of code)
- 0 long files (0 lines of code)
- 3 medium size files (741 lines of code)
- 2 small files (208 lines of code)
- 15 very small files (511 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 20)
| File | # lines | # units |
|---|---|---|
| 316 | - | |
| 222 | 3 | |
| 203 | 6 | |
| 105 | 5 | |
| 103 | 2 | |
| 100 | 2 | |
| 66 | 3 | |
| 59 | 2 | |
| 59 | 3 | |
| 49 | 3 | |
| 47 | 1 | |
| 31 | - | |
| 26 | - | |
| 24 | 1 | |
| 19 | - | |
| 13 | 1 | |
| 10 | - | |
| 4 | - | |
| 2 | - | |
| 2 | - |
Large Files That Change Often (Top 6)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 316 | ~2k–5k | 9 | ~20 | ~20 | |
| 222 | ~1.5k–5k | 2 | ~70 | ~3 | |
| 105 | ~700–1.5k | 2 | ~15 | ~7 | |
| 103 | ~700–1.5k | 1 | ~20 | ~5 | |
| 49 | under 1k | 1 | ~30 | ~2 | |
| 24 | under 1k | 1 | ~10 | ~2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 203 | 6 | |
| 105 | 5 | |
| 66 | 3 | |
| 59 | 3 | |
| 49 | 3 | |
| 222 | 3 | |
| 100 | 2 | |
| 59 | 2 | |
| 103 | 2 | |
| 24 | 1 | |
| 47 | 1 | |
| 13 | 1 |
Files With Long Lines (Top 2)
There are 2 files with lines longer than 120 characters. In total, there are 6 long lines.
| File | # lines | # units | # long lines |
|---|---|---|---|
| 316 | - | 5 | |
| 103 | 2 | 1 |
Correlations
File Size vs. Commits (all time): 20 points
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316.0 | lines of code min: 2.0average: 73.0 25th percentile: 14.5 median: 48.0 75th percentile: 102.25 max: 316.0 |
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| 0 | 40.0 | ||
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commits (all time) min: 1.0 | average: 10.7 | 25th percentile: 3.0 | median: 6.0 | 75th percentile: 17.75 | max: 40.0
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File Size vs. Contributors (all time): 20 points
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316.0 | lines of code min: 2.0average: 73.0 25th percentile: 14.5 median: 48.0 75th percentile: 102.25 max: 316.0 |
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| 0 | 8.0 | ||
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contributors (all time) min: 1.0 | average: 3.4 | 25th percentile: 2.0 | median: 3.0 | 75th percentile: 4.75 | max: 8.0
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File Size vs. Commits (30 days): 2 points
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222.0 | lines of code min: 105.0average: 163.5 25th percentile: 105.0 median: 163.5 75th percentile: 222.0 max: 222.0 |
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| 0 | 1.0 | ||
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commits (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. Contributors (30 days): 2 points
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222.0 | lines of code min: 105.0average: 163.5 25th percentile: 105.0 median: 163.5 75th percentile: 222.0 max: 222.0 |
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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): 2 points
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222.0 | lines of code min: 105.0average: 163.5 25th percentile: 105.0 median: 163.5 75th percentile: 222.0 max: 222.0 |
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| 0 | 1.0 | ||
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commits (90d) 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. Contributors (90 days): 2 points
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222.0 | lines of code min: 105.0average: 163.5 25th percentile: 105.0 median: 163.5 75th percentile: 222.0 max: 222.0 |
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| 0 | 1.0 | ||
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contributors (90d) min: 1.0 | average: 1.0 | 25th percentile: 1.0 | median: 1.0 | 75th percentile: 1.0 | max: 1.0
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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