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+# v1.0.0 Authors
+
+⚠️ Do not edit this file directly.
+It is [auto-generated](../scripts/authors-by-version.sh) from Git history of source files in this repo.
+
+ℹ️ Note this is purely a convenience for referencing in academic papers.
+See the full Git history of specific files for additional context.
+
+## Authors List
+
+- Andrew Block <ablock@redhat.com>
+- Brian Fox <brian@midnite-it.se>
+- Brian Fox <brianhfox@gmail.com>
+- Brice Fernandes <brice@weave.works>
+- Cansu Kavılı Örnek <ckavili@redhat.com>
+- Carlos Santana <csantana23@gmail.com>
+- Carlos Santana <csantana@us.ibm.com>
+- Chris Sanders <csand@microsoft.com>
+- Chris Short <chris@chrisshort.net>
+- Christian Hernandez <christian@redhat.com>
+- Cornelia Davis <ornelia@corneliadavis.com>
+- Dan Garfield <dan@todaywasawesome.com>
+- Daniel Warner <daniel.warner@codefresh.io>
+- Florian Heubeck <Heubeck@mediamarktsaturn.com>
+- Ishita Sequeira <isequeir@redhat.com>
+- Jesse Butler <butlerjl@amazon.com>
+- John Pitman <jpitman@redhat.com>
+- Kevin Bowersox <kmb385@gmail.com>
+- Kingdon Barrett <kingdon+github@tuesdaystudios.com>
+- Leonardo Murillo <leonardo@devops.cr>
+- Leonardo Murillo <leonardo@weave.works>
+- Lloyd Chang <lloydchang@gmail.com>
+- Lothar Schulz <mail@lotharschulz.info>
+- Michael Bridgen <mikeb@squaremobius.net>
+- Moshe Immerman <moshe@flanksource.com>
+- Nicholas Thomson <RedbackThomson@users.noreply.github.com>
+- Nicholas Thomson <nithomso@amazon.com>
+- Piotr <decoder@live.de>
+- Regina Scott <rescott@redhat.com>
+- Robert A Ficcaglia <rficcaglia@users.noreply.github.com>
+- Roberth Strand <me@robstr.dev>
+- Schlomo Schapiro <schlomo@schapiro.org>
+- Scott Rigby <scott@r6by.com>
+- Sean Sundberg <seansund@us.ibm.com>
+- Shoubhik Bose <shbose@redhat.com>
+- Timothy Lin <timothylin@deloitte.com>
+- Toni Menzel <toni.menzel@rebaze.com>
+- William Caban <william.caban@gmail.com>
+- William Chia <thewilliamchia@gmail.com>
+- lloydchang <lloydchang@gmail.com>
diff --git a/scripts/authors-by-version.sh b/scripts/authors-by-version.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Example usage:
+# mkdir -p reference
+# for VERSION in v1.0.0 HEAD; do
+#   ./scripts/authors-by-version.sh $VERSION > reference/authors-$VERSION.md
+# done
+
+# Authors, comitters, co-authors
+get_authors() {
+    local git_tag="$1"
+    shift  # Shift arguments to get the files
+    local files="$*"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+    git --no-pager log "$git_tag" -- $files | \
+        sed -n -e 's/^Author: //p' -e 's/^Committer: //p' -e 's/^.*Co-authored-by: //p' | \
+        sort -u | sed -e 's/^/- /'
+}
+
+# Ensure tag argument is provided
+GIT_TAG=$1
+
+if [[ -z ${GIT_TAG} ]]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <git-tag>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! "$(git tag -l "$GIT_TAG")" ] && [ ! "$GIT_TAG" == "HEAD" ]; then
+    echo "<git-tag> '$GIT_TAG' does not exist"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if translations
+git show "$GIT_TAG":i18n > /dev/null 2>&1 && i18n=true || i18n=false
+
+
+# Output
+cat <<EOF
+# $GIT_TAG Authors
+
+⚠️ Do not edit this file directly.
+It is [auto-generated](../scripts/authors-by-version.sh) from Git history of source files in this repo.
+
+ℹ️ Note this is purely a convenience for referencing in academic papers.
+See the full Git history of specific files for additional context.
+
+EOF
+
+# If translations exist, output a note about language and translations
+if [[ $i18n = true ]]; then
+    cat <<EOF
+## Language and Translations
+
+The GitOps Principles and Glossary are [authored](#authors-list) in English.
+See farther below for a list of [translators](#translators-list) by language.
+
+EOF
+fi
+
+# Get authors list
+AUTHORS=$(get_authors "$GIT_TAG" "PRINCIPLES.md GLOSSARY.md")
+
+# Append to output
+cat <<EOF
+## Authors List
+
+$AUTHORS
+EOF
+
+# If translations exist, append translator lists
+if [[ $i18n = true ]]; then
+    # Get translator lists
+    DE=$(get_authors "$GIT_TAG" i18n/*_de.md)
+    ES=$(get_authors "$GIT_TAG" i18n/*_es.md)
+    PT=$(get_authors "$GIT_TAG" i18n/*_pt.md)
+    FR=$(get_authors "$GIT_TAG" i18n/*_fr.md)
+
+    # Append to output
+    cat <<EOF
+
+## Translators List
+
+### German
+
+$DE
+
+### Spanish
+
+$ES
+
+### Portuguese
+
+$PT
+
+### French
+
+$FR
+EOF
+fi