PR Lines Added
Pull Request Lifecycle
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Shows the total lines added across all merged pull requests.
đĄ Like tracking how many words you have written, lines added shows the raw volume of new code being introduced to the codebase.
What It Measures
Shows the total lines added across all merged pull requests.
Why It Matters
Tracking total code contribution volume
Understanding overall code growth
How It's Calculated
Sums all lines added in merged pull requests in the date range.
SUM(lines_added WHERE pr_status = merged)Concrete Example
If your team added 5,000 lines across 20 merged PRs this week, that is 250 lines added per PR on average, useful for tracking code growth trends.
What Does a Healthy Score Look Like?
Track trends rather than absolutes, sudden spikes may signal risky changes.
Healthy
Stable week over week
Watch Out
Spikes of 3Ă or more above your baseline
Needs Attention
Consistently growing without matching deletions (code bloat)
What Moves This Metric?
Goes up whenâŠ
New features requiring significant new code
Test coverage being added across the codebase
Large refactoring splitting code into more maintainable pieces
Goes down whenâŠ
Periods of bug fixing rather than new feature work
Simplification of existing code
Lower development activity during planning periods
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