Automation analysis

I'm with the Software Engineering Research Group at the TU Delft, and I am investigating automations. I have looked at your repository and which GitHub workflows and Maven plugins you are using. I hope to provide you with some interesting insights about your repository! I'll give you a quick summary of what I found, and the automation tasks I recommend you to focus on next (:


| Level of maturity | Basic | Intermediate | Advanced |
|--------------------|-------|-------------|----------|
| Collaboration | ‎
✅ ***Completed this level!***

| | |
| | ✔️ [Prepare or create documentation artifacts](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Prepare-or-create-documentation-artifacts)
| ✔️ [Generate documentation from source code](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Generate-documentation-from-source-code)
❌ [Bot commits](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Bot-commits)
| ✔️ [Publish documentation](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Publish-documentation)
❌ [Commit validation](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Commit-validation)
❌ [Issues or PRs management](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Issues-or-PRs-management)
|
| Code quality | ‎
✅ ***Completed this level!***

| | |
| | ✔️ [Run tests](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Run-tests)
✔️ [Static code style analysis](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Static-code-style-analysis)
| ❌ [Test coverage and validity](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Test-coverage-and-validity)
❌ [Generate test reports](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Generate-test-reports)
❌ [Automatic code formatting](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Automatic-code-formatting)
❌ [Static code quality analysis](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Static-code-quality-analysis)
| ✔️ [Verify packaging correctness](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Verify-packaging-correctness)
✔️ [Sign artifacts](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Sign-artifacts)
✔️ [License checks](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#License-checks)
❌ [Vulnerability scans](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Vulnerability-scans)
|
| Development | | ‎
✅ ***Completed this level!***

| |
| | ✔️ [Build files configuration](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Build-files-configuration)
| ✔️ [Build environment configuration](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Build-environment-configuration)
| ❌ [Optimization](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Optimization)
|
| Artifacts | | ‎
✅ ***Completed this level!***

| |
| | ✔️ [Code compilation](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Code-compilation)
✔️ [Dependency management of artifact](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Dependency-management-of-artifact)
| ✔️ [Build tasks, resources and configuration](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Build-tasks,-resources-and-configuration)
✔️ [Packaging](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Packaging)
✔️ [Release tagging](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Release-tagging)
✔️ [Publish artifacts to a registry](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Publish-artifacts-to-a-registry)
| ✔️ [Generate source and metadata artifacts](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Generate-source-and-metadata-artifacts)
✔️ [Source control management](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Source-control-management)
❌ [Generate release notes](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Generate-release-notes)
❌ [Containerization](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Containerization)
|

# And now? Next steps!
It is not always clear which automation tasks should be prioritized. It is however important to balance your automation efforts, as a uniform level of maturity is most productive. I'm here to help! Below is a list of tasks that you can work on to help level up your maturity across the automation domains:

- Implement **[Generate test reports](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Generate-test-reports);** implemented by 10% of GitHub repositories
- Implement **[Automatic code formatting](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Automatic-code-formatting);** implemented by 10% of GitHub repositories
# What do you think?
Do you think my analysis is correct, do these recommendations help you? Or have I missed something?

For my master's thesis I'm doing research into the use of automations in GitHub repositories. With my findings, I want to see if I can help out developers with what automations they could focus on. Do you want to help me out? **Leaving a response is much appreciated!**

If you have any other Java/Maven projects you'd like analyzed, you can send me the repositories and I can analyze them for you!

The issue provides an external automation analysis but names no repository files, tests, or entry points. Start by reviewing the repository's GitHub workflows and Maven configuration, then clarify which recommendation is accepted; done cannot be defined until a specific automation task and success criteria are agreed.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.