Cleaning up the Log Files

Cleaning up the Log Files

Azurite keeps the code edit histories in XML-formatted log files, using the backend tool called Fluorite. These log files are used by Azurite for Reading the Previous Logs.

Typical Log Size

Assuming you're keep coding for an hour, the log size growth rate is 265 KB/hour on average.

This number was calculated through our long-standing research study that collected Fluorite log data from many programmers since April 2012, and as of writing this page, the collected data contains 1,460 hours of active coding activities. The total size of the logs we collected is 377MB, which gives the rate of 265 KB/hour.

Clean-up Process

Although the log size would not be a critical issue given the spacious hard drives used nowadays, you might want to clean up the log regularly. If so, please follow the steps below.

1. Go to the log files directory, which is located at:
   [Your Eclipse Workspace]/.metadata/.plugins/edu.cmu.scs.fluorite/Logs

2. The log files are formatted as Logyyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss-SSS.xml, where the part after Log indicates the start of the editing session. Delete the old log files that you want to delete. (For the study participants: Collecting these logs is the crucial part of the study. Therefore, you should not be deleting your logs if you're participating in the study.)

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