util-data-misc.R

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## Copyright 2017 by Ferdinand Frank <frankfer@fim.uni-passau.de>
## Copyright 2017 by Sofie Kemper <kemperso@fim.uni-passau.de>
## Copyright 2017-2020 by Claus Hunsen <hunsen@fim.uni-passau.de>
## Copyright 2017 by Felix Prasse <prassefe@fim.uni-passau.de>
## Copyright 2018 by Klara Schlüter <schluete@fim.uni-passau.de>
## Copyright 2019 by Jakob Kronawitter <kronawij@fim.uni-passau.de>
## Copyright 2021 by Johannes Hostert <s8johost@stud.uni-saarland.de>
## Copyright 2021 by Christian Hechtl <hechtl@cs.uni-saarland.de>
## Copyright 2022 by Jonathan Baumann <joba00002@stud.uni-saarland.de>
## Copyright 2024 by Thomas Bock <bockthom@cs.uni-saarland.de>
## All Rights Reserved.

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## Libraries ---------------------------------------------------------------

requireNamespace("sqldf") # for SQL-selections on data.frames
requireNamespace("logging") # for logging

#' Helper function to mask all issues in the issue data frame.
#'
#' \code{ProjectData$get.issues.unfiltered()} returns a dataframe that mixes issue and PR data.
#' This helper function creates a vector of length \code{nrow(issue.data)} which has
#' entry \code{TRUE} iff the corresponding row in \code{issue.data} is an issue.
#'
#' @param issue.data the issue data, returned from calling \code{get.issues.unfiltered()}
#'                   or \code{get.issues()} on a project data object
#'
#' @return a vector containing \code{TRUE} or \code{FALSE}
#'
#' @seealso ProjectData$get.issues()
#' @seealso ProjectData$get.issues.unfiltered()
mask.issues = function(issue.data) {
    return(sapply(issue.data[["issue.type"]], function(tags) {return("issue" %in% tags)}))
}

#' Helper function to mask all pull requests in the issue data frame.
#'
#' \code{ProjectData$get.issues.unfiltered()} returns a dataframe that mixes issue and PR data.
#' This helper function creates a vector of length \code{nrow(issue.data)} which has
#' entry \code{TRUE} iff the corresponding row in \code{issue.data} is a pull request.
#'
#' @param issue.data the pull request data, returned from calling \code{get.issues.unfiltered()}
#'                   or \code{get.issues()} on a project data object
#'
#' @return a vector containing \code{TRUE} or \code{FALSE}
#'
#' @seealso ProjectData$get.issues()
#' @seealso ProjectData$get.issues.unfiltered()
mask.pull.requests = function(issue.data) {
    return(sapply(issue.data[["issue.type"]], function(tags) {return("pull request" %in% tags)}))
}

#' Get and preprocess issue data, removing unnecessary columns and rows we are not interested in.
#'
#' Retained columns are given in \code{retained.cols}, which defaults to
#' \code{author.name}, \code{issue.id} and \code{event.type}.
#'
#' Retained rows depend on the parameter \code{type}. If it is \code{"all"}, then all rows are retained.
#' Otherwise, only the rows containing information about either issues or pull requests are retained.
#'
#' Note that we preprocess the unfiltered issue data, since common filtering options typically
#' strip out some of the data we might explicitly want to retain.
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the mail data
#' @param retained.cols the columns to be retained. [default: c("author.name", "issue.id", "event.name")]
#' @param type which issue type to consider.
#'             One of \code{"issues"}, \code{"pull.requests"} or \code{"all"}
#'             [default: "all"]
#' @param use.unfiltered.data whether to use the unfiltered issue data, i.e. \code{proj.data$get.issues.unfiltered()}
#'                            instead of \code{proj.data$get.issues()} [default: FALSE]
#'
#' @return a filtered sub-data frame of the unfiltered issue data from \code{proj.data}.
preprocess.issue.data = function(proj.data, retained.cols = c("author.name", "issue.id", "event.name"),
                                 type = c("all", "pull.requests", "issues"), use.unfiltered.data = FALSE) {
  type = match.arg(type)
  df = if (use.unfiltered.data) proj.data$get.issues.unfiltered() else proj.data$get.issues()

  ## forall vectors k, if nrow(df) == 0, then df[k, ..] fails
  ## so we abort beforehand
  if (nrow(df) == 0) {
      return(df[retained.cols])
  }

  switch (
      type,
      all = {
          df = df[retained.cols]
      },
      issues = {
          df = df[mask.issues(df), retained.cols]
      },
      pull.requests = {
          df = df[mask.pull.requests(df), retained.cols]
      },
      logging::logerror("Requested unknown issue type %s", type)
  )
  return(df)
}



#' Helper function that aggregates counts of things like commits, mails, ... on a per-author basis.
#'
#' For example, called with \code{name = "commit.count"}, \code{data.source = "commits"},
#' \code{grouping.keys = c("committer.name")}, \code{remove.duplicates = TRUE} and
#' \code{remove.duplicates.by = c("hash")}, the returned function will:
#'
#' 1. get the proper data frame (using \code{DATASOURCE.TO.ARTIFACT.FUNCTION}),
#' 2. remove duplicate entries so that there is only one entry per commit hash,
#' 3. project away unneeded columns, leaving only "committer.name",
#' 4. count the commits grouped by the commiter name,
#' 5. return a data frame with columns "commiter.name" and "freq",
#'    which contains the number of commits authored by each author.
#'
#' The signature of the returned function is \code{function(project.data)}.
#'
#' @param name the name the function will be bound to, for logging
#' @param data.source one of \code{"commits"}, \code{"mails"}, \code{"issues"} [default: "commits"]
#' @param grouping.keys the dataframe keys to group by
#' @param remove.duplicates whether to remove duplicates
#' @param remove.duplicates.by if \code{remove.duplicates}, then the key by which to remove duplicates
#'
#' @return a function that aggregates data according to the above specification contained in a given \code{ProjectData}.
#'         This function itself returns a dataframe consisting of |grouping.keys|+1 columns, the last holding the count,
#'         and the others the respective grouping
group.data.by.key = function(name, data.source = c("commits", "mails", "issues"),
                             grouping.keys, remove.duplicates, remove.duplicates.by) {
    data.source = match.arg(data.source)
    data.extractor = DATASOURCE.TO.ARTIFACT.FUNCTION[[data.source]]
    return(function(proj.data) {
        logging::logdebug("%s: starting", name)

        ## get the data we want to group
        df = proj.data[[data.extractor]]()
        ## if necessary, make sure that there is only one entry for each remove-duplicate key (combination)
        if (remove.duplicates) {
            df = df[!duplicated(df[[remove.duplicates.by]]), ]
        }

        ## throw away unnecessary columns
        df = df[grouping.keys]
        grouping.keys.formatted = paste(grouping.keys, sep="`, `")

        ## execute a query that counts the number of occurrences of the grouping.keys
        stmt = paste0("SELECT `", grouping.keys.formatted, "`, COUNT(*) as `freq` FROM `df`
                       GROUP BY `", grouping.keys.formatted, "` ORDER BY `freq` DESC, `", grouping.keys.formatted, "`")
        logging::logdebug("%s: running SQL %s", name, stmt)
        res = sqldf::sqldf(stmt)

        logging::logdebug("%s: finished", name)
        return(res)
    })
}


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## Commit-based statistics -------------------------------------------------


#' Get the commit count for each author based on the commit data contained in the specified \code{ProjectData}.
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the commit data
#'
#' @return a dataframe consisting of two columns, the first of which holding the authors' names and the second holding
#'         their respective commit counts
get.author.commit.count = group.data.by.key("get.author.commit.count", "commits",
                                            c("author.name"), TRUE, c("hash"))

#' Get the commit count for each committer based on the commit data contained in the specified \code{ProjectData}.
#' The count is aggregated like in \code{get.author.commit.count}, but based on the "committer" commit attribute
#'
#' @param proj.data the data to count on
#'
#' @return a data frame in descending order by the commit count.
get.committer.commit.count = group.data.by.key("get.committer.commit.count", "commits",
                                               c("committer.name"), TRUE, c("hash"))



#' Get the commit count for each committer based on the commit data contained in the specified \code{ProjectData}.
#' The count is aggregated like in \code{get.author.commit.count}, but based on the "committer" commit attribute.
#' However, only commits where the commiter is *not* the author are considered.
#'
#' @param proj.data the data to count on
#'
#' @return a data frame in descending order by the commit count.
get.committer.not.author.commit.count = function(range.data) {
    logging::logdebug("get.committer.not.author.commit.count: starting.")

    ## Get commit data
    commits.df = range.data$get.commits()

    ## For each commit hash, make sure there is only one row
    commits.df = commits.df[!duplicated(commits.df[["hash"]]), ]

    ## Restrict commits to relevant columns
    commits.df = commits.df[c("author.name", "committer.name")]

    ## Execute a query to get the commit count per author
    res = sqldf::sqldf("SELECT *, COUNT(*) AS `freq` FROM `commits.df`
                       WHERE `committer.name` <> `author.name`
                       GROUP BY `committer.name`, `author.name`
                       ORDER BY `freq` DESC, `author.name` ASC")

    logging::logdebug("get.committer.not.author.commit.count: finished.")
    return(res)
}

#' Get the commit count for each person based on the commit data contained in the specified \code{ProjectData}.
#' The count is aggregated like in \code{get.author.commit.count}, but only considers commits where the "committer" and
#' "author" fields are identical.
#'
#' @param proj.data the data to count on
#'
#' @return a data frame in descending order by the commit count.
get.committer.and.author.commit.count = function(range.data) {
    logging::logdebug("get.committer.and.author.commit.count: starting.")

    ## Get commit data
    commits.df = range.data$get.commits()

    ## For each commit hash, make sure there is only one row
    commits.df = commits.df[!duplicated(commits.df[["hash"]]), ]

    ## Restrict commits to relevant columns
    commits.df = commits.df[c("author.name", "committer.name")]

    ## Execute a query to get the commit count per person
    res = sqldf::sqldf("SELECT *, COUNT(*) AS `freq` FROM `commits.df`
                       WHERE `committer.name` = `author.name`
                       GROUP BY `committer.name`, `author.name`
                       ORDER BY `freq` DESC, `author.name` ASC")

    logging::logdebug("get.committer.and.author.commit.count: finished.")
    return(res)
}

#' Get the commit count for each person based on the commit data contained in the specified \code{ProjectData}.
#' The count is aggregated like in \code{get.author.commit.count}, but only considers all commits where a person is
#' "committer" or "author" (or both, but one suffices).
#'
#' @param proj.data the data to count on
#'
#' @return a data frame in descending order by the commit count.
get.committer.or.author.commit.count = function(range.data) {
    logging::logdebug("get.committer.or.author.commit.count: starting.")

    ## Get commit data
    commits.df = range.data$get.commits()

    ## For each commit hash, make sure there is only one row
    commits.df = commits.df[!duplicated(commits.df[["hash"]]), ]

    ## Restrict commits to relevant columns
    commits.df = commits.df[c("author.name", "committer.name")]

    ## Execute queries to get the commit count per person
    ungrouped = sqldf::sqldf("SELECT `committer.name` AS `name` FROM `commits.df`
                             WHERE `committer.name` = `author.name`
                                UNION ALL
                             SELECT `author.name` AS `name` FROM `commits.df`
                             WHERE `author.name` <> `committer.name`
                                UNION ALL
                             SELECT `committer.name` AS `name` FROM `commits.df`
                             WHERE `author.name` <> `committer.name`")

    res = sqldf::sqldf("SELECT *, COUNT(*) AS `freq` FROM `ungrouped`
                       GROUP BY `name`
                       ORDER BY `freq` DESC, `name` ASC")

    logging::logdebug("get.committer.or.author.commit.count: finished.")
    return(res)
}

#' Get the number of changed lines of code (LOC) for each author based on the commit data contained in the specified
#' \code{ProjectData}. The number is calculated by taking the sum of added and deleted lines of code for each commit.
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the commit data
#'
#' @return a dataframe consisting of two columns, the first of which holding the authors' names and the second holding
#'         their respective LOC counts
get.author.loc.count = function(proj.data) {
  logging::logdebug("get.author.loc.count: starting.")

  ## Get commit data
  commits.df = proj.data$get.commits()

  ## For each commit hash, make sure there is only one row
  commits.df = commits.df[!duplicated(commits.df[["hash"]]), ]

  ## Restrict commits to relevant columns
  commits.df = commits.df[c("author.name", "added.lines", "deleted.lines")]

  ## Execute a query to get the changed lines per author
  res = sqldf::sqldf("SELECT `author.name`, SUM(`added.lines`) + SUM(`deleted.lines`) AS `loc`
                        FROM `commits.df`
                        GROUP BY `author.name` ORDER BY `loc` DESC, `author.name` ASC")

  logging::logdebug("get.author.loc.count: finished.")
  return(res)
}


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## Mail-based statistics ---------------------------------------------------

#' Get the mail count for each author based on the mail data contained in the specified \code{ProjectData}.
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the mail data
#'
#' @return a dataframe consisting of two columns, the first of which holding the authors' names and the second holding
#'         their respective mail counts
get.author.mail.count = group.data.by.key("get.author.mail.count", "mails",
                                          c("author.name"), TRUE, c("message.id"))

#' Get the mail-thread count for each author based on the mail data contained in the specified \code{ProjectData}.
#' This is the number of threads the author participated in, i.e., contributed at least one e-mail to.
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the mail data
#'
#' @return a dataframe consisting of two columns, the first of which holding the authors' names and the second holding
#'         their respective mail thread counts
get.author.mail.thread.count = function(proj.data) {
    logging::logdebug("get.author.mail.thread.count: starting.")

    mails.df = proj.data$get.mails()
    ## Remove unnecessary rows and columns
    mails.df = mails.df[!duplicated(mails.df[["message.id"]]), ]
    mails.df = mails.df[c("author.name", "message.id", "thread")]
    ## Only count each thread once
    stmt = "SELECT `author.name`, COUNT(DISTINCT thread) as `freq` FROM `mails.df`
                             GROUP BY `author.name` ORDER BY `freq` DESC, `author.name` ASC"
    logging::logdebug("get.author.mail.thread.count: running SQL %s", stmt)
    res = sqldf::sqldf(stmt)
    logging::logdebug("get.author.mail.thread.count: finished")
    return(res)
}

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## Issue-/PR-based statistics ----------------------------------------------

#' Get the issue/pr count for each author based on the issue data contained in the specified \code{ProjectData}.
#' The issue count here is the number of issues the author participated in (which can mean anything,
#' from commenting to closing to assigning the issue to others, to labeling, referencing it in other issues,
#' adding commits, ...).
#'
#' The type argument specifies whether we count PRs alone, issues alone, or both (\code{"all"}).
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the issue data
#' @param type which issue type to consider (see \code{preprocess.issue.data}).
#'             One of \code{"issues"}, \code{"pull.requests"} or \code{"all"}
#'             [default: "all"]
#' @param use.unfiltered.data whether to use unfiltered issue data (see \code{preprocess.issue.data}) [default: FALSE]
#'
#' @return a dataframe consisting of two columns, the first of which holding the authors' names and the second holding
#'         their respective issue counts
get.author.issue.count = function(proj.data, type = c("all", "issues", "pull.requests"), use.unfiltered.data = FALSE) {
    type = match.arg(type)
    logging::logdebug("get.author.issue.count: starting.")
    df = preprocess.issue.data(proj.data, type = type, use.unfiltered.data = use.unfiltered.data)
    ## count distinct since an author may appear in the same issue multiple times
    stmt = "SELECT `author.name`, COUNT( DISTINCT `issue.id`) as `freq` FROM `df`
                             GROUP BY `author.name` ORDER BY `freq` DESC, `author.name` ASC"
    res = sqldf::sqldf(stmt)
    logging::logdebug("get.author.issue.count: finished")
    return(res)
}

#' Get the issue/pr count for each author based on the issue data contained in the specified \code{ProjectData}.
#' The issue count here is the number of issues the author created.
#'
#' The type argument specifies whether we count PRs alone, issues alone, or both (\code{"all"}).
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the issue data
#' @param type which issue type to consider (see \code{preprocess.issue.data}).
#'             One of \code{"issues"}, \code{"pull.requests"} or \code{"all"}
#'             [default: "all"]
#' @param use.unfiltered.data whether to use unfiltered issue data (see \code{preprocess.issue.data}). Note that the
#'                            filtered data may not contain issue created events.
#'                            [default: TRUE]
#'
#' @return a dataframe consisting of two columns, the first of which holding the authors' names and the second holding
#'         their respective issue counts
get.author.issues.created.count = function(proj.data, type = c("all", "issues", "pull.requests"),
                                           use.unfiltered.data = TRUE) {
    type = match.arg(type)
    logging::logdebug("get.author.issues.created.count: starting.")
    df = preprocess.issue.data(proj.data, type = type, use.unfiltered.data = use.unfiltered.data)
    ## count distinct since an author may appear in the same issue multiple times
    stmt = "SELECT `author.name`, COUNT( DISTINCT `issue.id`) as `freq` FROM `df`
                             WHERE `event.name` = 'created'
                             GROUP BY `author.name` ORDER BY `freq` DESC, `author.name` ASC"
    res = sqldf::sqldf(stmt)
    logging::logdebug("get.author.issues.created.count: finished")
    return(res)
}

#' Get the issue/pr count for each author based on the issue data contained in the specified \code{ProjectData}.
#' The issue count here is the number of issues the author commented in.
#'
#' The type argument specifies whether we count PRs alone, issues alone, or both (\code{"all"}).
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the issue data
#' @param type which issue type to consider (see \code{preprocess.issue.data}).
#'             One of \code{"issues"}, \code{"pull.requests"} or \code{"all"}
#'             [default: "all"]
#' @param use.unfiltered.data whether to use unfiltered issue data (see \code{preprocess.issue.data}) [default: FALSE]
#'
#' @return a dataframe consisting of two columns, the first of which holding the authors' names and the second holding
#'         their respective issue counts
get.author.issues.commented.in.count = function(proj.data, type = c("all", "issues", "pull.requests"),
                                                use.unfiltered.data = FALSE) {
    type = match.arg(type)
    logging::logdebug("get.author.issues.commented.in.count: starting.")
    df = preprocess.issue.data(proj.data, type = type, use.unfiltered.data = use.unfiltered.data)
    ## count distinct since an author may appear in the same issue multiple times
    stmt = "SELECT `author.name`, COUNT( DISTINCT `issue.id`) as `freq` FROM `df`
                             WHERE `event.name` = 'commented'
                             GROUP BY `author.name` ORDER BY `freq` DESC, `author.name` ASC"
    res = sqldf::sqldf(stmt)
    logging::logdebug("get.author.issues.commented.in.count: finished")
    return(res)
}

#' Get the issue/pr comment count for each author based on the issue data contained in the specified \code{ProjectData}.
#' The issue comment count here is the number of comments the author created summed across all issues
#'
#' The type argument specifies whether we count PRs alone, issues alone, or both (\code{"all"}).
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the issue data
#' @param type which issue type to consider (see \code{preprocess.issue.data}).
#'             One of \code{"issues"}, \code{"pull.requests"} or \code{"all"}
#'             [default: "all"]
#' @param use.unfiltered.data whether to use unfiltered issue data (see \code{preprocess.issue.data}) [default: FALSE]
#'
#' @return a dataframe consisting of two columns, the first of which holding the authors' names and the second holding
#'         their respective comment counts
get.author.issue.comment.count = function(proj.data, type = c("all", "issues", "pull.requests"),
                                          use.unfiltered.data = FALSE) {
    type = match.arg(type)
    logging::logdebug("get.author.issue.comment.count: starting.")
    df = preprocess.issue.data(proj.data, type = type, use.unfiltered.data = use.unfiltered.data)
    stmt = "SELECT `author.name`, COUNT(*) as `freq` FROM `df`
                             WHERE `event.name` = 'commented'
                             GROUP BY `author.name` ORDER BY `freq` DESC, `author.name` ASC"
    res = sqldf::sqldf(stmt)
    logging::logdebug("get.author.issue.comment.count: finished")
    return(res)
}

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## Mail Thread Statistics --------------------------------------------------

#' Get the number of contributors to each mail thread based on the mail data contained in the
#' specified \code{ProjectData}.
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the mail data
#'
#' @return a named list of contributor counts, where the name is the thread.
get.mail.thread.contributor.count = function(proj.data) {
    logging::logdebug("get.mail.thread.contributor.count: starting.")
    thread.to.mails = get.key.to.value.from.df(proj.data$get.mails(), "thread", "author.email")
    thread.to.contributor.count = lapply(thread.to.mails, function(df) {
        length(unique(df[["data.vertices"]]))
    })
    logging::logdebug("get.mail.thread.contributor.count: finished")
    return(thread.to.contributor.count)
}

#' Get the number of messages in each mail thread based on the mail data contained in the
#' specified \code{ProjectData}.
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the mail data
#'
#' @return a named list of message counts, where the name is the thread.
get.mail.thread.mail.count = function(proj.data) {
    logging::logdebug("get.mail.thread.mail.count: starting.")
    thread.to.mails = get.key.to.value.from.df(proj.data$get.mails(), "thread", "author.email")
    thread.to.mail.count = lapply(thread.to.mails, function(df) {
        length(df[["data.vertices"]])
    })
    logging::logdebug("get.mail.thread.mail.count: finished")
    return(thread.to.mail.count)
}

#' Get the date of the first message in each mail thread based on the mail data contained
#' in the specified \code{ProjectData}.
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the mail data
#'
#' @return a named list of start dates, where the name is the thread.
get.mail.thread.start.date = function(proj.data) {
    logging::logdebug("get.mail.thread.start.date: starting.")
    thread.to.dates = get.key.to.value.from.df(proj.data$get.mails(), "thread", "date")
    thread.to.start.date = lapply(thread.to.dates, function(df) {
        min(df[["data.vertices"]])
    })
    logging::logdebug("get.mail.thread.start.date: finished")
    return(thread.to.start.date)
}

#' Get the date of the last message in each mail thread based on the mail data contained
#' in the specified \code{ProjectData}
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the mail data
#'
#' @return a named list of end dates, where the name is the thread.
get.mail.thread.end.date = function(proj.data) {
    logging::logdebug("get.mail.thread.end.date: starting.")
    thread.to.dates = get.key.to.value.from.df(proj.data$get.mails(), "thread", "date")
    thread.to.end.date = lapply(thread.to.dates, function(df) {
        max(df[["data.vertices"]])
    })
    logging::logdebug("get.mail.thread.end.date: finished")
    return(thread.to.end.date)
}

#' Get the identifier of the mailing list from which a threat originates.
#' This identifier is part of the thread ID as produced by codeface, e.g., if the thread ID is "13#37", then 13 is the
#' ID of the mailing list.
#'
#' Older versions of codeface did not include this identifier. If the identifier is not included in the data used, a
#' warning is produced and the list will contain \code{NA} for each thread.
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the mail data
#'
#' @return a named list of mailing list identifiers, where the name is the thread.
get.mail.thread.originating.mailing.list = function(proj.data) {
    logging::logdebug("get.mail.thread.originating.mailing.list: starting.")
    thread.ids = unique(proj.data$get.mails()[["thread"]])
    thread.to.list = lapply(thread.ids, function(thread.name) {
        thread.id = substr(thread.name, 9, nchar(thread.name) - 1) # remove '<thread-' '>'
        if (grepl("#", thread.id, fixed = TRUE)) { # make sure that our data has the shape we expect
            mailing.list = strsplit(thread.id, "#")[[1]][1] # split at '#' and keep only first part
            return(mailing.list)
        }
        else {
            logging::logwarn("get.mail.thread.originating.mailing.list called on incompatible data")
            return(NA)
        }
    })
    names(thread.to.list) = thread.ids
    logging::logdebug("get.mail.thread.originating.mailing.list: finished")
    return(thread.to.list)
}

## / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
## Issue Statistics --------------------------------------------------------

#' Get the number of contributors to each issue based on the issue data contained
#' in the specified \code{ProjectData}.
#'
#' The type argument specifies whether we count PRs alone, issues alone, or both (\code{"all"}).
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the issue data
#' @param type which issue type to consider (see \code{preprocess.issue.data}).
#'             One of \code{"issues"}, \code{"pull.requests"} or \code{"all"}
#'             [default: "all"]
#' @param use.unfiltered.data whether to use unfiltered issue data (see \code{preprocess.issue.data}) [default: FALSE]
#'
#' @return a named list of contributor counts, where the name is the issue ID.
get.issue.contributor.count = function(proj.data, type = c("all", "issues", "pull.requests"),
                                       use.unfiltered.data = FALSE) {
    type = match.arg(type)
    logging::logdebug("get.issue.contributor.count: starting.")
    df = preprocess.issue.data(proj.data, type = type, retained.cols = c("issue.id", "author.email"),
                               use.unfiltered.data = use.unfiltered.data)
    issue.id.to.events = get.key.to.value.from.df(df, "issue.id", "author.email")
    issue.id.to.contributor.count = lapply(issue.id.to.events, function(df) {
        length(unique(df[["data.vertices"]]))
    })
    logging::logdebug("get.issue.contributor.count: finished")
    return(issue.id.to.contributor.count)
}

#' Get the number of events for each issue based on the issue data contained
#' in the specified \code{ProjectData}.
#'
#' The type argument specifies whether we count PRs alone, issues alone, or both (\code{"all"}).
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the issue data
#' @param type which issue type to consider (see \code{preprocess.issue.data}).
#'             One of \code{"issues"}, \code{"pull.requests"} or \code{"all"}
#'             [default: "all"]
#' @param use.unfiltered.data whether to use unfiltered issue data (see \code{preprocess.issue.data}) [default: FALSE]
#'
#' @return a named list of event counts, where the name is the issue ID.
get.issue.event.count = function(proj.data, type = c("all", "issues", "pull.requests"), use.unfiltered.data = FALSE) {
    type = match.arg(type)
    logging::logdebug("get.issue.event.count: starting.")
    df = preprocess.issue.data(proj.data, type = type, retained.cols = c("issue.id", "event.id"),
                               use.unfiltered.data = use.unfiltered.data)
    issue.id.to.events = get.key.to.value.from.df(df, "issue.id", "event.id")
    issue.id.to.event.count = lapply(issue.id.to.events, function(df) {
        ## one event might show up multiple times (i.e. 'mentioned' also triggers 'subscribed'),
        ## so we count the number of distinct event IDs
        length(unique(df[["data.vertices"]]))
    })
    logging::logdebug("get.issue.event.count: finished")
    return(issue.id.to.event.count)
}

#' Get the number of 'commented' events for each issue based on the issue data contained
#' in the specified \code{ProjectData}.
#'
#' The type argument specifies whether we count PRs alone, issues alone, or both (\code{"all"}).
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the issue data
#' @param type which issue type to consider (see \code{preprocess.issue.data}).
#'             One of \code{"issues"}, \code{"pull.requests"} or \code{"all"}
#'             [default: "all"]
#'
#' @return a named list of comment counts, where the name is the issue ID.
get.issue.comment.count = function(proj.data, type = c("all", "issues", "pull.requests")) {
    type = match.arg(type)
    logging::logdebug("get.issue.comment.count: starting.")
    df = preprocess.issue.data(proj.data, type = type, retained.cols = c("issue.id", "event.name"))
    issue.id.to.events = get.key.to.value.from.df(df, "issue.id", "event.name")
    issue.id.to.comment.count = lapply(issue.id.to.events, function(df) {
        event.names = df[["data.vertices"]]
        return(length(event.names[event.names == "commented"]))
    })
    logging::logdebug("get.issue.comment.count: finished")
    return(issue.id.to.comment.count)
}

#' Get the date each issue was opened, based on the issue data contained
#' in the specified \code{ProjectData}.
#'
#' The type argument specifies whether we count PRs alone, issues alone, or both (\code{"all"}).
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the issue data
#' @param type which issue type to consider (see \code{preprocess.issue.data}).
#'             One of \code{"issues"}, \code{"pull.requests"} or \code{"all"}
#'             [default: "all"]
#'
#' @return a named list of dates, where the name is the issue ID.
get.issue.opened.date = function(proj.data, type = c("all", "issues", "pull.requests")) {
    type = match.arg(type)
    logging::logdebug("get.issue.opened.date: starting.")
    df = preprocess.issue.data(proj.data, type = type, retained.cols = c("issue.id", "creation.date"))
    issue.id.to.dates = get.key.to.value.from.df(df, "issue.id", "creation.date")
    issue.id.to.start.date = lapply(issue.id.to.dates, function(df) {
        min(df[["data.vertices"]]) # values should all be the same
    })
    logging::logdebug("get.issue.opened.date: finished")
    return(issue.id.to.start.date)
}

#' Get the date each issue was closed, based on the issue data contained
#' in the specified \code{ProjectData}, or \code{NA} if the issue is still open.
#'
#' The type argument specifies whether we count PRs alone, issues alone, or both (\code{"all"}).
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the issue data
#' @param type which issue type to consider (see \code{preprocess.issue.data}).
#'             One of \code{"issues"}, \code{"pull.requests"} or \code{"all"}
#'             [default: "all"]
#'
#' @return a named list of dates, where the name is the issue ID.
get.issue.closed.date = function(proj.data, type = c("all", "issues", "pull.requests")) {
    type = match.arg(type)
    logging::logdebug("get.issue.closed.date: starting.")
    df = preprocess.issue.data(proj.data, type = type, retained.cols = c("issue.id", "closing.date"))
    issue.id.to.dates = get.key.to.value.from.df(df, "issue.id", "closing.date")
    issue.id.to.closed.date = lapply(issue.id.to.dates, function(df) {
        min(df[["data.vertices"]]) # values should all be the same
    })
    logging::logdebug("get.issue.closed.date: finished")
    return(issue.id.to.closed.date)
}

#' Get the date of the last activity in each issue based on the issue data contained
#' in the specified \code{ProjectData}.
#'
#' The type argument specifies whether we count PRs alone, issues alone, or both (\code{"all"}).
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the issue data
#' @param type which issue type to consider (see \code{preprocess.issue.data}).
#'             One of \code{"issues"}, \code{"pull.requests"} or \code{"all"}
#'             [default: "all"]
#' @param use.unfiltered.data whether to use unfiltered issue data (see \code{preprocess.issue.data}) [default: FALSE]
#'
#' @return a named list of dates, where the name is the issue ID.
get.issue.last.activity.date = function(proj.data, type = c("all", "issues", "pull.requests"),
                                        use.unfiltered.data = FALSE) {
    type = match.arg(type)
    logging::logdebug("get.issue.last.activity.date: starting.")
    df = preprocess.issue.data(proj.data, type = type, retained.cols = c("issue.id", "date"),
                               use.unfiltered.data = use.unfiltered.data)
    issue.id.to.dates = get.key.to.value.from.df(df, "issue.id", "date")
    issue.id.to.end.date = lapply(issue.id.to.dates, function(df) {
        max(df[["data.vertices"]])
    })
    logging::logdebug("get.issue.last.activity.date: finished")
    return(issue.id.to.end.date)
}

#' Get the title of each issue based on the issue data contained
#' in the specified \code{ProjectData}.
#'
#' The type argument specifies whether we count PRs alone, issues alone, or both (\code{"all"}).
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the issue data
#' @param type which issue type to consider (see \code{preprocess.issue.data}).
#'             One of \code{"issues"}, \code{"pull.requests"} or \code{"all"}
#'             [default: "all"]
#'
#' @return a named list of dates, where the name is the issue ID.
get.issue.title = function(proj.data, type = c("all", "issues", "pull.requests")) {
    type = match.arg(type)
    logging::logdebug("get.issue.title: starting.")
    df = preprocess.issue.data(proj.data, type = type, retained.cols = c("issue.id", "issue.title"))
    issue.id.to.title = get.key.to.value.from.df(df, "issue.id", "issue.title")
    issue.id.to.title.only = lapply(issue.id.to.title, function(df) {
        ## as a result of get.key.to.value.from.df, the "issue.title" column should be duplicated as "data.vertices".
        ## The title should be the same in every row, so we can just use the first row.
        df[[1,"data.vertices"]] # data frames resulting from get.key.to.value.from.df always have at least one row
    })
    logging::logdebug("get.issue.title: finished")
    return(issue.id.to.title.only)
}

#' Get whether a PR is open, has been merged, or has been closed without merging.
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the issue data
#' @param use.unfiltered.data whether to use unfiltered issue data (see \code{preprocess.issue.data}) [default: TRUE]
#'
#' @return a named list of dates, where the name is the issue ID.
get.pr.open.merged.or.closed = function(proj.data, use.unfiltered.data = TRUE) {
    logging::logdebug("get.pr.open.merged.or.closed: starting.")
    df = preprocess.issue.data(proj.data, type = "pull.requests", use.unfiltered.data = use.unfiltered.data,
                               retained.cols = c("issue.id", "issue.state", "event.name"))
    issue.id.to.events = get.key.to.value.from.df(df, "issue.id", "event.name")
    issue.id.to.state = lapply(issue.id.to.events, function(df) {
        return(if ("open" %in% df[["issue.state"]] || "reopened" %in% df[["issue.state"]]) "open"
               else if ("merged" %in% df[["event.name"]]) "merged"
               else "closed")
    })
    logging::logdebug("get.pr.open.merged.or.closed: finished")
    return(issue.id.to.state)
}

#' Get whether each issue is a pull request, based on the issue data contained in the specified
#' \code{ProjectData}.
#'
#' @param proj.data the \code{ProjectData} containing the issue data
#'
#' @return a named list of logical values, where the name is the issue ID.
get.issue.is.pull.request = function(proj.data) {
    logging::logdebug("get.issue.is.pull.request: starting.")
    issue.data = proj.data$get.issues()
    issue.id.to.is.pr = as.list(mask.pull.requests(issue.data))
    names(issue.id.to.is.pr) = issue.data[["issue.id"]]
    logging::logdebug("get.issue.is.pull.request: finished")
    return(issue.id.to.is.pr)
}