Extraction of Library Update History Using Source Code Reuse Detection
Kanyakorn JEWMAIDANG, Takashi Ishio, Akinori Ihara, Kenichi Matsumoto, Pattara Leelaprute · IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems · 2018
This paper proposes a method to extract and visualize a library update history in a project. The method identifies reused library versions by comparing source code in a product with existing versions of the library so that developers can understand when their own copy of a library has been copied, modified, and updated.