@conference {1050, title = {Mining version control systems for FACs (frequently applied changes)}, booktitle = {International Workshop on Mining Software Repositories (MSR 2004)}, volume = {2004}, year = {2004}, pages = {48 - 52}, publisher = {IEE}, organization = {IEE}, address = {Edinburgh, Scotland, UK}, abstract = {Today, programmers are forced to maintain a software system based on their gut feeling and experience. This paper makes an attempt to turn the software maintenance craft into a more disciplined activity, by mining for frequently applied changes in a version control system. Next to some initial results, we show how this technique allows to recover and study successful maintenance strategies, adopted for the redesign of long{\textendash}lived systems.}, keywords = {ccfinder, change analysis, change history, clone, clone detection, cvs, maintenance, tomcat, version control}, doi = {10.1049/ic:20040475}, attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/48MiningVersion.pdf}, author = {Van Rysselberghe, F. and Demeyer, S} }