Clone Detection Configuration

Configuration options for Sourcery's Clone Detection feature, specified in the .sourcery.yaml file (parent reference)

Fields Overview

All fields are optional.

Field	Type	Description
min_lines	integer	The minimum number of lines for a piece of code to be considered a clone.
min_duplicates	integer	The minimum number of duplicates of a piece of code required for it to be considered clone.
identical_clones_only	boolean	Whether or not exact duplicates are required for a piece of code to be considered a clone.

Default

github:
  clone_detection:
    min_lines: 3
    min_duplicates: 2
    identical_clones_only: false

Complete Example

github:
  clone_detection:
    min_lines: 5
    identical_clones_only: true

Fields

min_lines

integer

The minimum number of lines for a piece of code to be considered a clone.

Default

clone_detection:
  min_lines: 3

Example

clone_detection:
  min_lines: 5

min_duplicates

integer

The minimum number of duplicates of a piece of code for it to be considered a clone.

Default

clone_detection:
  min_duplicates: 2

Example

clone_detection:
  min_duplicates: 3

identical_clones_only

boolean

If true, clones are only detected if they are exactly identical, i.e. contain the same variable names and constants. If false (default), clones are more flexibly detected on the basis of the code's structure only.

Default

clone_detection:
  identical_clones_only: false

Example

clone_detection:
  identical_clones_only: true