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metadata
annotations_creators: []
language_creators:
  - crowdsourced
  - expert-generated
language:
  - code
license:
  - other
multilinguality:
  - multilingual
pretty_name: The-Stack-Metadata
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source_datasets: []
task_categories:
  - text-generation
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  ## Terms of Use for The Stack

  The Stack Metadata is a collection of additional information for and is part
  of The Stack dataset, - a collection of source code in over 300 programming
  languages. We ask that you read and acknowledge the following points before
  using the dataset:

  1. The Stack is a collection of source code from repositories with various
  licenses. Any use of all or part of the code gathered in The Stack must abide
  by the terms of the original licenses, including attribution clauses when
  relevant. We facilitate this by providing provenance information for each data
  point.

  2. The Stack is regularly updated to enact validated data removal requests. By
  clicking on "Access repository", you agree to update your own version of The
  Stack to the most recent usable version specified by the maintainers in [the
  following
  thread](https://huggingface.co/datasets/bigcode/the-stack/discussions/7). If
  you have questions about dataset versions and allowed uses, please also ask
  them in the dataset’s [community
  discussions](https://huggingface.co/datasets/bigcode/the-stack/discussions/new).
  We will also notify users via email when the latest usable version changes.

  3. To host, share, or otherwise provide access to The Stack dataset, you must
  include [these Terms of
  Use](https://huggingface.co/datasets/bigcode/the-stack#terms-of-use-for-the-stack)
  and require users to agree to it.


  By clicking on "Access repository" below, you accept that your contact
  information (email address and username) can be shared with the dataset
  maintainers as well.
    
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Dataset Card for The Stack Metadata

Table of Contents

Dataset Description

Changelog

Release Description
v1.1 This is the first release of the metadata. It is for The Stack v1.1

Dataset Summary

This is a set of additional information for repositotoreis used for The Stack. It contains file paths, detected licenes as well as some other information for the repostiories.

Supported Tasks and Leaderboards

The main task is to recreate repository structure from the files of The Stack. Also, the set can be used for computing statistics and custom filtering or aggregation operations on The Stack.

Dataset Structure

Data Fields

set structure The set is split into buckets by repositories. There are 944 buckets. Additionally to the fields in the image, ri contains min_repo_event_datetime which is the ealiest data and time of an event for a repo after Jan 1 2015.

set usage

As na example of aggregation operation on The Stack, the image above shows conceptually a selection of stars ( and issues and PR count) for a file. Each unique file can be part of multiple repositories. So, The Stack releases unique files and aggregates meta information (e.g stars) from all repositories it belongs to. For example, for max_stars_count we take the maximum number of stars from all repositories the file is part of.

The meta data will allow you to reconstruct repository directory structures. For this, for each repository form ri tabele it is needed to take all its files from fi table, find them in The Stack by file's hexsha and save those files' content under its path for a repository from fi table. For speed it is preferable to index The Stack by hexsha first.

[More Information Needed]

Dataset Creation

Please refer to the section in The Stack.

Considerations for Using the Data

Please refer to the section in The Stack.

Additional Information

Please refer to the section in The Stack.

Terms of Use for The Stack

Please refer to the section in The Stack.