identify-top-pr-contributor-in-december

name	Identify Top PR Contributor in December
description	Determine which person opened the most pull requests in December 2024 by analyzing author data from the PR query results.

Identify Top PR Contributor in December

Overview

From the complete PR query results for December 2024, find the author who opened the most PRs.

Step 1: Extract Author Information

From each PR object in the results, extract the author's login:

• Field path: author.login (e.g., "octocat")
• Do NOT use commit author or merge author — use the PR opener field
• Include all PRs in the December date range, regardless of merge status

Step 2: Count Author Occurrences

Group PRs by author login and count:

• Example: {"alice": 5, "bob": 3, "charlie": 2, ...}
• Ensure you're counting unique authors correctly (avoid double-counting same person)

Step 3: Identify Top Contributor

Select the author with the highest PR count.

Step 4: Validation

If the result differs from expected (e.g., you got 'malancas' but expected someone else):

• Verify the PR query is actually returning December-only PRs (check a few createdAt timestamps)
• Confirm author field is being parsed correctly from the JSON
• Check if any filtering or deduplication logic is inadvertently excluding valid PRs
• Manually inspect the top 5 contributors and their PR counts to identify discrepancies

Example Pseudocode

author_counts = {}
for pr in prs:
  author = pr.author.login
  author_counts[author] = author_counts.get(author, 0) + 1

top_contributor = max(author_counts, key=author_counts.get)