Identifying source code elements for refactoring

A computer program product comprising a tangible, non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:

• computer usable program code stored on a tangible storage medium that when executed by a processor is operable to identify an error associated with a build operation of a build management system;
• computer usable program code stored on a tangible storage medium that when executed by a processor is operable to interface with a source code management system for locating a source code file associated with the identified error;
• computer usable program code stored on a tangible storage medium that when executed by a processor is operable to analyze the source code file to identify the identified error associated with the source code file;
• computer usable program code stored on a tangible storage medium that when executed by a processor is operable to analyze historical metadata associated with the identified error from the source code file;
• computer usable program code stored on a tangible storage medium that when executed by a processor is operable to identify from the historical data whether the source code associated with the identified error has been amended since a last logged successful build operation;
• computer usable program code stored on a tangible storage medium that when executed by a processor is operable to identify a source code construct dependency associated with the source code of the identified error and locating the source code file associated with the source code construct in response to a negative determination being made;
• computer usable program code stored on a tangible storage medium that when executed by a processor is operable to identify from the historical data associated with the identified source code file whether the source code associated with the identified error has been amended since a last logged successful build operation;
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• computer usable program code stored on a tangible storage medium that when executed by a processor is operable to log the identified error with the identified error's historical data for further analysis, in response to a positive determination.

A system for identifying build errors associated with a source code file for determining source code elements for refactoring comprising:

• a processor;
• a non-volatile memory;
• a volatile memory;
• and
• a bus communicatively linking said processor, said non-volatile memory, and said volatile memory, wherein said processor is operable to execute programmatic instructions contained in the volatile memory, wherein said non-volatile memory is a tangible non-transitory storage medium that stores computer usable program code executable by said plurality of processing cores, said computer usable program code being configured to:
• identify an error associated with a build operation of a build management system;
• interface with a source code management system for locating a source code file associated with the identified error;
• analyze the source code file to identify the identified error associated with the source code file;
• analyze historical metadata associated with the identified error from the source code file;
• identify from the historical data whether the source code associated with the identified error has been amended since a last logged successful build operation;
• identify a source code construct dependency associated with the source code of the identified error and locating the source code file associated with the source code construct in response to a negative determination being made;
• identify from the historical data associated with the identified source code file whether the source code associated with the identified error has been amended since a last logged successful build operation;
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• log the identified error with the identified error's historical data for further analysis, in response to a positive determination.