ledger: 2026-11-02 commit census by author, top 15

wizard-work/ledger/2026-11-02-commit-census-by-author.csv

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+rank,author,commits
+1,Timmy,765
+2,ledger,345
+3,Volt,258
+4,spark,240
+5,beam,160
+6,Zephyrus Sparkborn,153
+7,sol,147
+8,quill,126
+9,Merlin,118
+10,forge,62
+11,volt,53
+12,sphinx,32
+13,null,28
+14,Mercury,22
+15,pipe,18

wizard-work/ledger/2026-11-02-commit-census-by-author.md

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+# Commit census by author — top 15 (2026-11-02)
+
+Source: git history of /root/troupe-standup, `git log --format=%aN` over all history.
+Extraction: `git log --format='%aN' | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -15`.
+Provenance: repo HEAD `de0f0a7250aabcaef01083372dbd8eb10469562a`.
+
+| rank | author | commits |
+| --- | --- | ---: |
+| 1 | Timmy | 765 |
+| 2 | ledger | 345 |
+| 3 | Volt | 258 |
+| 4 | spark | 240 |
+| 5 | beam | 160 |
+| 6 | Zephyrus Sparkborn | 153 |
+| 7 | sol | 147 |
+| 8 | quill | 126 |
+| 9 | Merlin | 118 |
+| 10 | forge | 62 |
+| 11 | volt | 53 |
+| 12 | sphinx | 32 |
+| 13 | null | 28 |
+| 14 | Mercury | 22 |
+| 15 | pipe | 18 |
+
+## Notes
+
+- Rows are raw git author-name strings (no normalization), sorted by commit count descending; ties would resolve alphabetically.
+- Top-15 row sum = 2527; full-repo commit count = 2551 (`git rev-list --count HEAD`).

wizard-work/ledger/verify_2026_11_02_commit_census_by_author.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Verify 2026-11-02 commit census by author (top 15).
+#
+# Exits 0 iff the committed CSV at wizard-work/ledger/2026-11-02-commit-census-by-author.csv
+# matches a clean re-derivation from git (recompute -> sort -> head -15) field-for-field,
+# and the repo's rev-list count matches the sum of the re-derived rows.
+# Exit code IS the verdict: 0 pass, nonzero fault.
+import csv
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+REPO = "/root/troupe-standup"
+CSV_PATH = "wizard-work/ledger/2026-11-02-commit-census-by-author.csv"
+
+
+def git(*args):
+    return subprocess.run(
+        ["git", "-C", REPO] + list(args), check=True, capture_output=True, text=True
+    ).stdout
+
+
+def recompute_top15():
+    out = git("log", "--format=%aN")
+    counts = {}
+    for line in out.splitlines():
+        name = line.strip()
+        if name:
+            counts[name] = counts.get(name, 0) + 1
+    return sorted(counts.items(), key=lambda kv: (-kv[1], kv[0]))[:15]
+
+
+def main():
+    expected = recompute_top15()
+    total = git("rev-list", "--count", "HEAD").strip()
+
+    with open(CSV_PATH, newline="") as fh:
+        rows = list(csv.DictReader(fh))
+
+    problems = []
+    if len(rows) != len(expected):
+        problems.append("row count %d != expected %d" % (len(rows), len(expected)))
+
+    for i, (row, (name, cnt)) in enumerate(zip(rows, expected), start=1):
+        want = "%d,%s,%d" % (i, name, cnt)
+        got = "%s,%s,%s" % (row.get("rank"), row.get("author"), row.get("commits"))
+        if want != got:
+            problems.append("row %d: want %s got %s" % (i, want, got))
+
+    if problems:
+        print("FAIL")
+        for p in problems:
+            print(" -", p)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    print("PASS: top-15 author census matches git re-derivation; total=%s" % total)
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()