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.

• 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

pip install updateCitation

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")

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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