Automating Software Citation using GitCite

02/03/2019

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by   Leshang Chen, et al.

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The ability to cite software and give credit to its authors is increasingly important. This paper presents a model for software citation with version control, and an implementation that integrates with Git and GitHub. The implementation includes a browser extension and a local executable tool, which enable citations to be added/modified/deleted to software project repositories and managed through functions such as fork/merge/copy.