Analyzing the Effects of CI/CD on Open Source Repositories in GitHub and GitLab

Abstract

Numerous articles emphasize the benefits of implementing Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines in software development. These pipelines are expected to improve a project's reputation and decrease the number of commits and issues in the repository. Although CI/CD adoption may be slow initially, it is believed to accelerate service delivery and deployment in the long run. This study aims to investigate the impact of CI/CD on commit velocity and issue counts in two open-source repositories, GitLab and GitHub. By analyzing more than 12,000 repositories and recording every commit and issue, it was discovered that CI/CD enhances commit velocity by 141.19% but also increases the number of issues by 321.21%.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2023 IEEE/ACIS 21st International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, SERA 2023
Editors	Yeong-Tae Song, Junghwan Rhee, Yuseok Jeon
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	176-181
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350345889
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SERA57763.2023.10197778
State	Published - 2023
Event	21st IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, SERA 2023 - Orlando, United States Duration: 23 May 2023 → 25 May 2023

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - 2023 IEEE/ACIS 21st International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, SERA 2023

Conference

Conference	21st IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, SERA 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando
Period	23/05/23 → 25/05/23

Keywords

CI/CD
Mining Repositories
Open-Source Software
Software Engineering

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.1109/SERA57763.2023.10197778

Cite this

Fairbanks, J., Tharigonda, A., & Eisty, N. U. (2023). Analyzing the Effects of CI/CD on Open Source Repositories in GitHub and GitLab. In Y.-T. Song, J. Rhee, & Y. Jeon (Eds.), Proceedings - 2023 IEEE/ACIS 21st International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, SERA 2023 (pp. 176-181). (Proceedings - 2023 IEEE/ACIS 21st International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, SERA 2023). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/SERA57763.2023.10197778

Fairbanks, Jeffrey ; Tharigonda, Akshharaa ; Eisty, Nasir U. / Analyzing the Effects of CI/CD on Open Source Repositories in GitHub and GitLab. Proceedings - 2023 IEEE/ACIS 21st International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, SERA 2023. editor / Yeong-Tae Song ; Junghwan Rhee ; Yuseok Jeon. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. pp. 176-181 (Proceedings - 2023 IEEE/ACIS 21st International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, SERA 2023).

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Fairbanks, J, Tharigonda, A & Eisty, NU 2023, Analyzing the Effects of CI/CD on Open Source Repositories in GitHub and GitLab. in Y-T Song, J Rhee & Y Jeon (eds), Proceedings - 2023 IEEE/ACIS 21st International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, SERA 2023. Proceedings - 2023 IEEE/ACIS 21st International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, SERA 2023, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 176-181, 21st IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, SERA 2023, Orlando, United States, 23/05/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/SERA57763.2023.10197778

Analyzing the Effects of CI/CD on Open Source Repositories in GitHub and GitLab. / Fairbanks, Jeffrey; Tharigonda, Akshharaa; Eisty, Nasir U.
Proceedings - 2023 IEEE/ACIS 21st International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, SERA 2023. ed. / Yeong-Tae Song; Junghwan Rhee; Yuseok Jeon. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. p. 176-181 (Proceedings - 2023 IEEE/ACIS 21st International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, SERA 2023).

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Fairbanks J, Tharigonda A, Eisty NU. Analyzing the Effects of CI/CD on Open Source Repositories in GitHub and GitLab. In Song YT, Rhee J, Jeon Y, editors, Proceedings - 2023 IEEE/ACIS 21st International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, SERA 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2023. p. 176-181. (Proceedings - 2023 IEEE/ACIS 21st International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, SERA 2023). doi: 10.1109/SERA57763.2023.10197778