In GitHub's graphing metrics, what are 'additions'?

Question

Are they lines of code added, or are they something else?

Gnarly

Answer 1

They are line of code added or modified. They are the lines marked with a + when you do a git diff

Biplane

So, is this a reliable means of judging how many lines of code are in a project (this is, additions - deletions)? – Gnarly

Hum no, but that's a good way of judging the impact of a commit in a project (if the end-of-line markers haven't been converted between Windows-Unix machines). – Biplane