Visualization of version control information

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dc.contributor.authorWu, Xiaominen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-15T20:18:45Z
dc.date.available2024-08-15T20:18:45Z
dc.date.copyright2003en_US
dc.date.issued2003
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Computer Science
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science M.Sc.en
dc.description.abstractVersion control is an important activity related to many phases of the software development lifecycle. Many version control systems have been developed to manage both software version history and associated human activities with the intent of producing higher quality software and supporting collaborative development. However, the vast information these version control systems portray is not well presented, and hence poses a barrier for people to understand and explore the version control information space. This barrier degrades the capability of people to understand the software history and collaboration of team members. In this thesis, we approach this problem by applying visualization techniques to the version control domain. We developed a visualization tool called Xia for the navigation and exploration of software version history and associated human activities. We analyzed information from a widely used version control system, CVS, and interpreted it using visual metaphors. We also propose exploration mechanisms to query the information space. This tool was integrated with a modem integrated development environment Eclipse, and hence increases the possibility of Xia being adopted in the real world and providing us with more feedback. In addition, a preliminary user study was conducted to evaluate both the usability and functionality of this tool. The results of the user study have lead to many ideas about new aspects of the research questions, directions for future exploration, and improvements of the tool.
dc.format.extent102 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/20205
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.titleVisualization of version control informationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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