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)
| ✔️ [Sign artifacts](https://github.com/simchavos/automations/wiki/Automation-Thesis-Wiki#Sign-artifacts)
❌ [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)
❌ [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!

The issue contains an external analysis of this repository's GitHub workflows and Maven plugins, with recommendations linked to the Automation Thesis Wiki. Start by reviewing those recommendations against the repository's current automation setup. There is no named file, test, implementation target, or concrete definition of done beyond deciding whether the analysis is correct and responding with feedback.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.