From 21249399c650661f0946cbbf1f46c61ab40798fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luis <43929895+Luis-0508@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2026 02:07:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Release: refresh contributor credits for each release (#5997)
 (#5998)

About > Contributors still showed an old snapshot, because nothing
regenerated contributors/contributors.json before a release. Opt in to
the shared refresh from craft-common-actions: a read-only credits job
regenerates the snapshot for the release commit, and the shared release
workflow installs it before every source build. The snapshot is not
committed back.
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 9 ++++++++-
 docs/contributors.md          | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index bbb0b8d79..0a57e0e6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: false
 
 jobs:
+  # Regenerates contributors/contributors.json for the release commit; every build bundles it.
+  credits:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: read
+    uses: storytold/craft-common-actions/.github/workflows/refresh-contributors.yml@main
   git-sources:
     name: Git dependencies come from storytold
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -60,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
           PY
 
   release:
-    needs: git-sources
+    needs: [git-sources, credits]
     permissions:
       contents: write
       packages: write
@@ -72,6 +78,7 @@ jobs:
       craft-fonts-ref: b076417b5880bd4154bd22f00695b1d28c6bea83
       web-craft-fonts: true
       version: ${{ inputs.version }}
+      contributors-artifact: ${{ needs.credits.outputs.artifact-name }}
     secrets:
       APPLE_CERTIFICATE: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTIFICATE }}
       APPLE_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/docs/contributors.md b/docs/contributors.md
index a51eaf20c..e63d7a1cc 100644
--- a/docs/contributors.md
+++ b/docs/contributors.md
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ the AI models named in `Co-Authored-By` trailers.
 - Two files, both **compiled into the binary** by the UI crate's `build.rs` (nothing is read from
   disk or the network at run time; the web build has them too):
   - [`contributors/contributors.json`](../contributors/contributors.json): commit stats per GitHub
-    username. Never hand-edit.
+    username. Never hand-edit. Release builds regenerate it for the release commit
+    (`.github/workflows/release.yml`, `credits` job); the copy in the repository is not updated.
   - [`contributors/people.toml`](../contributors/people.toml): the names people chose for
     themselves. **Each contributor adds only their own entry**, in their own PR.
 - Each contributor gets one line: GitHub username (always), display name (opt-in, or their synced