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Lines of C are certainly not equivalent to lines of, say, Erlang, so I don't think that metric would be extremely useful either.

Perhaps something like WTFs per commit would be best?

Well that is C:s problem, isn't it? If it want a better measure value then it should be more expressive. I think it is fair.

Yes, C wants a better measurement of WTFs. Get a grip.