Link to GitHub contributors in about dialog

.gitattributes

@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ gradlew text eol=lf
 # windows line endings at windows files
 *.bat text eol=crlf
 
-# required for proper releasing
-AUTHORS text eol=lf
-
 # ensure that line endings of *.java, and *.properties are normalized
 *.java text
 *.properties text

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -232,35 +232,3 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v1
-  checkauthors:
-    name: "Validate AUTHORS"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          # full checkout needed for authors generation
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: "All authors of this PR listed in AUTHORS"
-        id: authors_check
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "JabRef Author Checker [bot]"
-          git config user.email "noreply@jabref.org"
-          ./scripts/generate-authors.sh
-          set +o pipefail
-          added=$(git diff HEAD --no-ext-diff --unified=0 -a --no-prefix | egrep "^\+[^+]" | sed "s/^\+//")
-          if [ -z "$added" ]; then
-            echo "No authors added"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          echo "Authors found in this PR not listed in the AUTHORS file."
-          echo
-          echo "The JabRef maintainers will add the following name to the AUTHORS file"
-          echo
-          echo -e "$added"
-          echo
-          echo "In case you want to use a different one, please comment here and adjust your name in your git configuration for future commits"
-          echo
-          echo "Just adding yourself into the AUTHORS file does not help as it is overwritten by our script ./scripts/generate-authors."
-          echo "Read more on the AUTHORS file at found at https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#author-credits"
-          exit 1

build.gradle

@@ -269,8 +269,7 @@ processResources {
     filesMatching("build.properties") {
         expand(version: project.findProperty('projVersionInfo') ?: '100.0.0',
                 "year": String.valueOf(Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.YEAR)),
-                "authors": new File('AUTHORS').readLines().findAll { !it.startsWith("#") }.join(", "),
-                "developers": new File('DEVELOPERS').readLines().findAll { !it.startsWith("#") }.join(", "),
+                "maintainers": new File('MAINTAINERS').readLines().findAll { !it.startsWith("#") }.join(", "),
                 "azureInstrumentationKey": System.getenv('AzureInstrumentationKey'),
                 "springerNatureAPIKey": System.getenv('SpringerNatureAPIKey'),
                 "astrophysicsDataSystemAPIKey": System.getenv('AstrophysicsDataSystemAPIKey'),

docs/contributing.md

@@ -47,17 +47,9 @@ In case you add keys to the changelog, please follow these rules:
 
 #### Author credits
 
-You will be given credit in the [`AUTHORS`](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/blob/master/AUTHORS) file in the root of the repository and the 'About' pages inside the main application.
-We will periodically update the contributors list inside `AUTHORS`.
-This is done by an automatic shell script `scripts/generate-authors.sh`.
-
-If you want to add yourself directly with your pull request please run this script.
-Please make sure there are no duplicates or alternate spellings of your name listed.
-If you need to merge different Git usernames or email addresses you can do so by editing `.mailmap`.
-More information on this can be found via `man git-shortlog`.
-
 Please, **do not add yourself at JavaDoc's `@authors`**.
-The contribution information is tracked via the version control system.
+The contribution information is tracked via the version control system and shown at <https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/graphs/contributors>.
+We also link to the contributors page in our about dialog.
 
 Your contribution is considered being made under [MIT license](https://tldrlegal.com/license/mit-license).
 

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/help/AboutDialog.css

@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
     -fx-padding: 5px;
 }
 
+.contrib-section {
+    -fx-padding: 5 5 10 5;
+}
+
 .logo-pane {
     fx-fill: transparent;
 }