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 | ‎
⚠️ ***Still working on 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)
❌ [Vulnerability scans](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Vulnerability-scans)
❌ [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)
|
| Development | ‎
⚠️ ***Still working on 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)
❌ [Generate release notes](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Generate-release-notes)
❌ [Source control management](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Source-control-management)
❌ [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 **[Build files configuration](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Build-files-configuration);** implemented by 56% of GitHub repositories
- Implement **[Run tests](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Run-tests);** implemented by 23% 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!