Opinion: The Deleted Lines in Your Diff Are the Riskiest Code You Merge

Описание и применение

Автоматический аудит удалённых строк в PR выявляет скрытые риски, позволяя рецензентам обнаруживать изменения поведения, которые проходят тесты.

Задача

Reviewers often overlook deleted lines in pull requests, allowing risky behavior changes to slip through while tests remain green.

Результат

Automated deletion audits surface hidden risks, enabling reviewers to catch behavior‑changing removals before merge.

Рабочий процесс

• 1. Run the provided Python script to extract removed lines from the diff.
• 2. Classify each line into risk categories (control‑flow, resilience, dependency, configuration, other).
• 3. Send each category group to a local LLM endpoint for risk assessment.
• 4. Convert the LLM verdicts into review comments and add them to the PR.
• 5. Store the audit results in a review ledger for future reference.

Доказательства

The review process needs a dedicated deletion audit, and that audit only becomes practical when it costs nothing to run.

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