type:: [[REVIEWS]]
tags:: [[github actions]] [[worflows]] [[preliminary study]] 
year:: 2023
venue:: [[SATTOSE]] 
full-title:: A preliminary study of GitHub Actions workflow changes
date-start:: [[04-05-2023]] - 16:17
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file:: ![SATToSE_2023_paper_2.pdf](../assets/SATToSE_2023_paper_2_1683209902072_0.pdf) 
status:: [[DONE]]

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		- The [[paper]] investigates the evolution of GitHub Actions workflows. A [[dataset]] consisting of more that 22,000 GitHub repositories has been mined to analyse the evolution of over 4 million weekly snapshots of workflow files. The performed study aims at finding the typical changes that are operated in GitHub Actions workflows.
		- I liked the [[paper]], which is highly relevant for the event. The insights that are found [[by]] the [[authors]] can trigger interesting discussions even to discuss how to rely and [[WORK]] on the produced results. For instance, the main insights of the [[paper]] is that workflow files are continuing changing and growing. It can be interesting to continue the investigation e.g., [[by]] analysing the workflows files with respect to the application domains of the corresponding GitHub [[PROJECTS]].
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			- The [[paper]] investigates the evolution of GitHub Actions workflows. A [[dataset]] consisting of more than 22,000 GitHub repositories have been mined to analyse the evolution of over 4 million weekly snapshots of workflow files. The performed study aims to find the typical changes that are operated to GitHub Actions workflows.
			- I liked the paper, which is highly relevant to the event. The authors' insights can spark engaging discussions and inspire future work that builds upon their findings. For instance, the central insight of the paper is that workflow files are continually changing and growing. It can be interesting to continue the investigation, e.g., by analysing the workflow files with respect to the application domains of the corresponding GitHub projects and checking if there are some correlations between workflow files and the nature of the projects they belong to.
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