How does the "Inconclusive" score (-1) impact the overall score?

[ajmalab]

Hey all, couldn't find this anywhere in the docs but, how does an inconclusive score impact the aggregate score? Is the -1 ignored or included in the aggregate score?

[spencerschrock]

You can see the logic here:

scorecard/pkg/scorecard_result.go

Lines 64 to 65 in 397c97f

	func (r *ScorecardResult) GetAggregateScore(checkDocs checks.Doc) (float64, error) {
	// TODO: calculate the score and make it a field

Specifically here, which ignores inconclusive results (-1) when calculating the aggregate:

scorecard/pkg/scorecard_result.go

Lines 86 to 89 in 397c97f

	// This indicates an inconclusive score.
	if check.Score < checker.MinResultScore {
	continue
	}