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+import csv
+from perceval.backends.core.git import Git
+import os
+import datetime as dt
+import time
+import shutil 
+import pandas as pd
+import dateutil
+from tqdm import tqdm
+import math
+
+key = os.environ.get('KKEXKEY')
+
+early_cutoff = dt.datetime(2008,2, 8)
+temp_dir = "/data/users/mgaughan/tmp/"
+
+'''
+- rate of change, rate of all/day
+'''
+def file_get_contribs(upstream_vcs_link, event_date):
+    # if we're looking at readmes me_read is true and if not, if we're looking at contributing files, it's false
+    #this is the window of days on either side of the event that we're looking at
+    window = 56
+    #print(upstream_vcs_link.split('/')[4])
+    project_dict = {}
+    project_dict['upstream_vcs_link'] = upstream_vcs_link
+    project_dict['event_date'] = event_date
+    upstream_vcs_link = upstream_vcs_link.strip()
+    if "github" in upstream_vcs_link or "gitlab" in upstream_vcs_link:
+        #making an evaluation that sub branches aren't being used and that people would fork if needed
+        #this only looks at main
+        upstream_vcs_link = "/".join(upstream_vcs_link.split("/")[0:5])
+        print(upstream_vcs_link)
+        full_temp_path = temp_dir + upstream_vcs_link.split('/')[4] + ".git"
+    else:
+        full_temp_path = temp_dir + upstream_vcs_link.split('/')[- 1] + ".git"
+    print(upstream_vcs_link)
+    if upstream_vcs_link == "https://gitlab.com/ubports/core" or upstream_vcs_link == "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib":
+        shutil.rmtree(full_temp_path, ignore_errors=True)
+        return {}
+    repo = Git(uri=upstream_vcs_link, gitpath=full_temp_path)
+    try:
+        commits = repo.fetch()
+    except:
+        print("perceval issue")
+        return
+    merge_pre, merge_post = 0, 0
+    #list of tuples which has date and whether it was a merge
+    commit_list = []
+    first_date_readme = ""
+    for commit in commits:
+        #print(commit['data'])
+        if "Merge" in commit['data'].keys():
+            commit_list.append([commit['data']['CommitDate'], True, commit['data']['Author'], commit['data']['Commit']])
+            if dateutil.parser.parse(commit['data']['CommitDate']) < event_date:
+                merge_post += 1
+            else:
+                merge_pre += 1
+        else: 
+            commit_list.append([commit['data']['CommitDate'], False, commit['data']['Author'], commit['data']['Commit']])
+    shutil.rmtree(full_temp_path, ignore_errors=True)
+    project_dict['merge_pre'] = merge_pre
+    project_dict['merge_post'] = merge_post
+    collab_roster = []
+    contrib_roster = []
+    new_collab_pre = 0
+    new_collab_post = 0
+    new_contrib_pre = 0
+    new_contrib_post = 0
+    for commit in commit_list:
+        commit_td = dateutil.parser.parse(commit[0])
+        if commit_td >= (event_date + dt.timedelta(days=-window, hours=0)) and commit_td <= event_date:
+            if commit[3] not in collab_roster:
+                new_collab_pre += 1
+            if commit[2] not in contrib_roster:
+                new_contrib_pre += 1
+        if commit_td > event_date and commit_td <= (event_date + dt.timedelta(days=window, hours=0)):
+            if commit[3] not in collab_roster:
+                new_collab_post += 1
+            if commit[2] not in contrib_roster:
+                new_contrib_post += 1
+        if commit[3] not in collab_roster:
+            collab_roster.append(commit[3])
+        if commit[2] not in contrib_roster:
+            contrib_roster.append(commit[2])
+    project_dict["before_contrib_new"] = new_contrib_pre
+    project_dict['after_contrib_new'] = new_contrib_post
+    project_dict['before_collab_new'] = new_collab_pre
+    project_dict['after_collab_new'] = new_collab_post
+    print(project_dict)
+    return project_dict
+
+
+
+def for_files():
+    csv_path = "final_data/deb_readme_did.csv"
+    count = 0 
+    with open(csv_path, 'r') as file:
+        csv_reader = csv.DictReader(file)
+        with open('42524_new_contrib.csv', "w") as writing_file:
+            # this would also have to get switched fro the cont dataset
+            keys = ['upstream_vcs_link', "event_date", 'before_contrib_new', 'after_contrib_new', 'after_collab_new', 'before_collab_new', 'merge_pre', 'merge_post']
+            dict_writer = csv.DictWriter(writing_file, keys)
+            dict_writer.writeheader()
+            for row in csv_reader:
+                count += 1
+                print(row['upstream_vcs_link'])
+                # this would have to get switched to false for the cont dataset
+                try:
+                    dict_row = file_get_contribs(row['upstream_vcs_link'].strip(), row['event_date'])
+                except:
+                    dict_row = {}
+                dict_writer.writerow(dict_row)
+    
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    for_files()
+    #file_get_pr("https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm", True)
+    #file_get_pr("https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM", True)
+    #file_get_pr("https://github.com/walling/unorm/issues/new/", True)
+    #file_get_pr("https://github.com/krahets/hello-algo/tree/dev1", True)
+