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Re:Show HN: Gmap: Explore Git Repos Visually from the CLI by BugsJustFindMe on Monday August 04, 2025 @04:16PM (#44790871)
> The tool doesn’t aim to declare what’s “important,” but rather to highlight patterns

I guess my question then is why should someone care about patterns that are unimportant? In what circumstance do these unimportant patterns become actually important?

You say things like

"can guide refactoring, onboarding"

and

"For some workflows (e.g. legacy cleanup, team handover, bug tracking), that context can be quite valuable."

But I don't see why it would be valuable and could use some explanation of what problem is solved by looking at these details.

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Re:Show HN: Gmap: Explore Git Repos Visually from the CLI by exiguus on Monday August 04, 2025 @07:44PM (#44792659)
I tried the tool and would like to use it to track team KPIs such as 'Commit regularly in small increments' with the JSON export it provides. Or to track pairing and mobbing. Currently, we use a script that goes through the commits and searches for >1 authors.
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