updateCitation 0.0.13

Automatically update citation files (CITATION.cff) in a GitHub repository from `pyproject.toml`, GitHub releases, and PyPI releases.

updateCitation

updateCitation is a Python tool that automates the maintenance of citation metadata in software projects. It helps researchers and developers ensure their work is properly citeable while maintaining consistent metadata across different platforms.

Key Features

• Automatic generation and updates of CITATION.cff files
• Seamless integration with Python package metadata from pyproject.toml
• Synchronization with GitHub release information
• Integration with PyPI package metadata
• Validation of citation metadata format
• GitHub Actions support for automated updates

Installation

pip install updateCitation

Usage

The simplest way to use updateCitation is to run it from your repository root:

import updateCitation
updateCitation.here()

For custom pyproject.toml locations:

updateCitation.here("path/to/pyproject.toml")

GitHub Actions Integration

updateCitation provides a GitHub Action that automatically updates your citation metadata on each push. To enable this:

1. Create .github/workflows/updateCitation.yml in your repository
2. Copy the provided workflow configuration
3. Commit and push to activate automated citation updates

Configuration

updateCitation primarily uses your project's pyproject.toml file for configuration. Essential fields include:

Required Fields

• name: Package name
• version: Current version
• authors: List of authors with names and emails

Recommended Fields

• description: Project description
• keywords: Search keywords
• license: License information
• urls: Project URLs (homepage, repository, etc.)

Optional Tool Settings

You can customize updateCitation's behavior in the [tool.updateCitation] section of pyproject.toml.

Documentation

For detailed documentation, examples, and best practices, visit our GitHub repository.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit pull requests.

Design goals

1. 100% Python.
2. Dynamic self-configuration whenever possible.
3. 100% of the updateCitation settings in pyproject.toml.
   1. No command line arguments.
   2. No environment variables.
   3. No separate configuration files.
4. All settings for external services, such as GitHub and PyPI, use the configuration from those services instead of creating new configuration for updateCitation.
5. Highly extensible for current and future services.

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