Abstract:The Mining Software Repositories (MSR) field focuses on analyzing the rich data contained in software repositories to derive actionable insights into software processes and products. Mining repositories at scale requires techniques capable of handling large volumes of heterogeneous data, a challenge for which language models (LMs) are increasingly well-suited. Since the advent of Transformer-based architectures, LMs have been rapidly adopted across a wide range of MSR tasks. This article presents a comprehensive survey of the use of LMs in MSR, based on an analysis of 177 papers. We examine how LMs are applied, the types of artifacts analyzed, which models are used, how their adoption has evolved over time, and the availability of supplementary materials and tools supporting reproducibility and reuse. Building on this analysis, we propose a taxonomy of LM applications in MSR, identify key trends shaping the field, and highlight open challenges alongside actionable directions for future research.
From: Miguel Romero-Arjona [view email]
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