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Patch size degrades multiple dimensions of code review performance at once: comment density per reviewer falls as patches grow, the quality and amount of contribution is affected, and the time required to provide significant contributions increases.

found that comment density by reviewer decreases as patches increased. 18 Accordingly, the quality and amount of contribution is affected by patch size.19 And, patch size increases the time required to provide significant contributions.20

Wulf A. Kaal, How DAOs Optimize Open-Source Code Reviews and Create Open-Source Standards (2021), Patch Size, p. 7
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Wulf A. Kaal, How DAOs Optimize Open-Source Code Reviews and Create Open-Source Standards (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3995709

• studies measuring comment density against lines of code

empiricalsupport: evidencedempirical-evidenceopen-source-and-code

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