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whotrades/phpmd-diff
====================

Tool for creating PHPMD reports, cleared of violations unrelated to the modified lines

1.0.2(4y ago)02MITPHP

Since Oct 20Pushed 4y ago3 watchersCompare

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phpmd-diff
==========

[](#phpmd-diff)

**phpmd-diff** is a tool for creating PHPMD reports, cleared of violations unrelated to the modified lines.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require-dev whotrades/phpmd-diff
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$ git diff HEAD^1 > /path/to/patch.txt
$ /path/to/phpmd /path/to/sources xml /path/to/rulesets.xml --reportfile report.xml
$ /path/to/phpmd-diff --path-prefix=/custom/path/prefix --filter=xml /path/to/phpmd/report.xml /path/to/patch.txt 1> /path/to/a/cleaned/report.xml
```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~265 days

Total

3

Last Release

1505d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9bb0d3a488eeb7af026f1b614186e7643a92fba1dc0f103fb29acde1151e4522?d=identicon)[whotrades](/maintainers/whotrades)

---

Top Contributors

[![mrodikov](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6941044?v=4)](https://github.com/mrodikov "mrodikov (13 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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