URL Protocol Diversity in GitHub 'CONTRIBUTING.md' Files
Existing metrics track URL protocol diversity in 'Getting Started' or 'Roadmap' files. Focusing on 'CONTRIBUTING.md' specifically highlights how open-source projects guide external participation, and whether they offer a varied or restricted set of protocols for contributors to engage with external
- Observations
- 6
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Unique URL Protocols
Number of unique URL protocols in CONTRIBUTING.md files
- Unique URL Protocols1 count
| When | Unique URL Protocols |
|---|---|
| 0 count | |
| 1 count |
Proportion of HTTPS Only CONTRIBUTING.md Files
Proportion of CONTRIBUTING.md files with only HTTPS URLs
- Proportion of HTTPS Only CONTRIBUTING.md Files0.0%
| When | Proportion of HTTPS Only CONTRIBUTING.md Files |
|---|---|
| 1.0% | |
| 0.0% |
Entropy of URL Protocols
Entropy of URL protocols in CONTRIBUTING.md files
- Entropy of URL Protocols-100 bits
| When | Entropy of URL Protocols |
|---|---|
| 0 bits | |
| -100 bits |
Sources
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Why this isn't published anywhere else
While there are existing sources that discuss URL diversity and CONTRIBUTING.md files, none of them specifically track URL protocol diversity in GitHub 'CONTRIBUTING.md' files, but the anwala/url-diversity repository measures URL diversity, which is a related concept.
Uniqueness score 0.80 — assessed against live web search results when this subject was created.