Authors: Wei Wang Michael W. Godfrey
Venue: 8th Intl. Workshop on Software Clones, 2014
Year: 2014
Abstract: Software clone refactoring has been studied from many perspectives,including empirical research on clone refactoring history, IDE supportfor tracking clone change, and recommendation systems for clonemanagement. Most of the work relies on having access to and being ableto analyze the history of clone refactoring. However, refactoring clonedcode is not equivalent to clone management, as code refactoring can bemotivated by goals unrelated to cloning. In this position paper, weintroduce a dataset of intentional clone refactoring, which is producedby keywords matching in commit messages within the version control systemof Linux kernel. By investigating two important clone evolution scenarios--- clone removal and inconsistent changes --- in subsystems of Linuxkernel, we find that intentional clone refactoring accounts for only asmall proportion of all detected clone evolution.
BibTeX:
@inproceedings{weiwang2014iicr,
author = "Wei Wang and Michael W. Godfrey",
title = "Investigating Intentional Clone Refactoring",
year = "2014",
booktitle = "Proc. of the 8th Intl. Workshop on Software Clones"
}
Plain Text:
Wei Wang and Michael W. Godfrey, "Investigating Intentional Clone Refactoring," 8th Intl. Workshop on Software Clones