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+cd /mmfs1/gscratch/comdata/users/mjilg
+ls
+cd mw-repo-lifecycles
+ls
+cd 0205_convo_data
+ls
+cd ..
+ls
+ls commit_data
+ls commit_data/visualeditor
diff --git a/commit_analysis/commit_count_collation.R b/commit_analysis/commit_count_collation.R
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+library(tidyverse)
+library(dplyr)
+library(lubridate)
+
+ve_commit_fp <- "/mmfs1/gscratch/comdata/users/mjilg/mw-repo-lifecycles/commit_data/visualeditor/VisualEditor_2012-01-01_to_2014-12-31.csv"
+
+transform_commit_data <- function(filepath){
+  #basic, loading in the file 
+  df = read.csv(filepath, header = TRUE) 
+  temp_df <- df
+  dir_path = dirname(filepath)
+  file_name = basename(filepath)
+  
+  
+  # TODO: this is project/event specific
+  event_date <- as.Date("2013-07-01")
+  
+  # isolate project id
+  project_id <- sub("_.*$", "", file_name)
+  
+  #make sure the dates are formatted correctly and state the project_id
+  df <- df |>
+    mutate(commit_date = ymd_hms(commit_date)) |>
+    mutate(project_id = project_id)
+  
+  #get information about project age either in the "present" 
+  #or at the time of first commit
+  oldest_commit_date <- min(as.Date(df$commit_date))
+  project_age <- as.numeric(as.Date("2025-02-10") - oldest_commit_date)
+  
+  #add that to the data 
+  df <- df |> 
+    mutate(age = project_age)
+  
+  #we are looking at weekly data, 6m before and 6m after
+  #start_date <- event_date %m-% months(6)
+  calculated_start_date <- event_date %m-% months(24)
+  start_date <- max(calculated_start_date, oldest_commit_date)
+  end_date <- event_date %m+% months(24)
+  
+  #getting the relative weeks to the publication date
+  relative_week <- function(date, ref_date) {
+    as.integer(as.numeric(difftime(date, ref_date, units = "days")) %/% 7)
+  }
+  
+  df <- df |>
+    mutate(relative_week = relative_week(commit_date, event_date))
+  
+  #filler for when there are weeks without commits
+  all_weeks <- seq(relative_week(start_date, event_date), relative_week(end_date, event_date))
+  complete_weeks_df <- expand.grid(relative_week = all_weeks, 
+                                   project_id = project_id,
+                                   age = project_age)
+  
+  #for each week, get the list of unique authors that committed
+  cumulative_authors <- df %>%
+    arrange(relative_week) %>%
+    group_by(relative_week) %>%
+    summarize(cumulative_author_emails = list(unique(author_email)), .groups = 'drop')
+  #same for each committer
+  cumulative_committers <- df %>%
+    arrange(relative_week) %>%
+    group_by(relative_week) %>%
+    summarize(cumulative_committer_emails = list(unique(committer_email)), .groups = 'drop')
+  
+  #now cut out the commit data that we don't care about 
+  df <- df |>
+    filter(as.Date(event_date) >= start_date & as.Date(event_date) <= end_date)
+  
+  #in order:
+  # - we group by project, week, ages
+  # - and we summarize commit and authorship details
+  # - we then fill in information for missingness
+  # - and add in vars for before/after
+  # - and weekly index
+  weekly_commits <- df |>
+    group_by(project_id, relative_week, age) |>
+    summarise(commit_count = n(),
+              author_emails = list(unique(author_email)),
+              committer_emails = list(unique(committer_email)),
+              mediawiki_dev_commit_count = sum(grepl("@users.mediawiki.org", author_email)),
+              wikimedia_commit_count = sum(grepl("@wikimedia.org", author_email)),
+              l10n_commit_count = sum(grepl("l10n-bot@translatewiki.net", author_email)),
+              jenkins_commit_count = sum(grepl("@gerrit.wikimedia.org", author_email)),
+              .groups = 'drop') |>
+    right_join(complete_weeks_df, by=c("relative_week", "project_id", "age")) |>
+    replace_na(list(commit_count = 0)) |>
+    replace_na(list(wikimedia_commit_count = 0)) |>
+    replace_na(list(l10n_commit_count = 0)) |>
+    replace_na(list(jenkins_commit_count = 0)) |>
+    replace_na(list(mediawiki_dev_commit_count = 0)) |>
+    mutate(before_after = if_else(relative_week < 0, 0, 1)) 
+  # then, to get the authorship details in
+  # we check if the email data is present, if not we fill in blank 
+  # we bring in the information about authorship lists that we already had 
+  # then comparing the current week's author list with the previous week's cumulative list, or empty
+  #  ---- the length of that difference is the 'new' value
+  # then we delete out the author list information
+  weekly_with_authorship <- weekly_commits |>
+    mutate(
+      author_emails = ifelse(is.na(author_emails), list(character()), author_emails),
+      committer_emails = ifelse(is.na(committer_emails), list(character()), committer_emails)
+    ) |>
+    left_join(cumulative_authors, by = "relative_week") |>
+    left_join(cumulative_committers, by = "relative_week") |>
+    mutate(new_author_emails = mapply(function(x, y) length(setdiff(x, y)), author_emails, lag(cumulative_author_emails, default = list(character(1)))),
+           new_committer_emails = mapply(function(x, y) length(setdiff(x, y)), committer_emails, lag(cumulative_committer_emails, default = list(character(1))))) 
+  
+  weekly_with_authorship <- weekly_with_authorship |>
+    mutate(
+      wikimedia_author_emails = mapply(function(x) length(grep("@wikimedia.org", x)), author_emails),
+      non_wikimedia_author_emails = mapply(function(x) length(x) - length(grep("@wikimedia.org", x)), author_emails),
+      wikimedia_committer_emails = mapply(function(x) length(grep("@wikimedia.org", x)), committer_emails),
+      non_wikimedia_committer_emails = mapply(function(x) length(x) - length(grep("@wikimedia.org", x)), committer_emails),
+      new_wikimedia_authors = mapply(function(x, y) length(setdiff(grep("@wikimedia.org", x, value = TRUE), grep("@wikimedia.org", y, value = TRUE))), author_emails, lag(cumulative_author_emails, default = list(character(1)))),
+      new_non_wikimedia_authors = mapply(function(x, y) length(setdiff(x, y)) - length(setdiff(grep("@wikimedia.org", x, value = TRUE), grep("@wikimedia.org", y, value = TRUE))), author_emails, lag(cumulative_author_emails, default = list(character(1)))),
+      new_wikimedia_committers = mapply(function(x, y) length(setdiff(grep("@wikimedia.org", x, value = TRUE), grep("@wikimedia.org", y, value = TRUE))), committer_emails, lag(cumulative_committer_emails, default = list(character(1)))),
+      new_non_wikimedia_committers = mapply(function(x, y) length(setdiff(x, y)) - length(setdiff(grep("@wikimedia.org", x, value = TRUE), grep("@wikimedia.org", y, value = TRUE))), committer_emails, lag(cumulative_committer_emails, default = list(character(1))))
+    ) |>
+    select(-author_emails, -committer_emails, -cumulative_author_emails, -cumulative_committer_emails)
+  
+  
+  #gracefully exit
+  return(weekly_with_authorship)
+}
+
+test <- read.csv(ve_commit_fp, header = TRUE) 
+transformed <- transform_commit_data(ve_commit_fp)
+output_filepath <-"/mmfs1/gscratch/comdata/users/mjilg/mw-repo-lifecycles/commit_data/visualeditor/0210_ve_weekly_count_data.csv"
+
+
+write.csv(transformed, output_filepath, row.names = FALSE)
+
diff --git a/commit_analysis/mlm.R b/commit_analysis/mlm.R
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+count_data_fp <-"/mmfs1/gscratch/comdata/users/mjilg/mw-repo-lifecycles/commit_data/visualeditor/0210_ve_weekly_count_data.csv"
+input_df <- read_csv(count_data_fp)
+
+input_df$nonbot_commit_count <- input_df$commit_count - input_df$l10n_commit_count - input_df$jenkins_commit_count
+
+input_df <- input_df |>
+  filter(relative_week < 79)
+library(scales)
+library(ggplot2)
+
+time_plot <- input_df |>
+  ggplot(aes(x=relative_week, y=wikimedia_commit_count)) +
+  labs(x="Weekly Offset", y="WMF Commit Count") +
+  geom_smooth() +
+  geom_vline(xintercept = 0)+
+  theme_bw() +
+  theme(legend.position = "top")
+time_plot