A systematic mapping of 97 papers finds growing research on commit messages for bug analysis and fix identification, mainly combined with code diffs via repository mining and AI/ML, with developers as primary stakeholders, though messages frequently lack key details.
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An independent large-scale replication confirms security commit messages are typically uninformative, with informativeness declining over time, varying by ecosystem, and lower for Conventional Commits Specification messages.
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On the Use of Commit Messages for Corrective Software Maintenance: A Systematic Mapping Study
A systematic mapping of 97 papers finds growing research on commit messages for bug analysis and fix identification, mainly combined with code diffs via repository mining and AI/ML, with developers as primary stakeholders, though messages frequently lack key details.
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On the Informativeness of Security Commit Messages: A Large-scale Replication Study
An independent large-scale replication confirms security commit messages are typically uninformative, with informativeness declining over time, varying by ecosystem, and lower for Conventional Commits Specification messages.