Create update_citations.yml

Author: zyaocoder

.github/workflows/update_citations.yml

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+name: Update Google Scholar citations badge
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 6 * * *'   # every day at 06:00 UTC
+  workflow_dispatch:       # allow manual run from Actions tab
+
+jobs:
+  update-citations:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: true
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install requests beautifulsoup4
+
+      - name: Update citations JSON
+        run: |
+          python scripts/update_citations.py
+
+      - name: Commit and push if changed
+        run: |
+          if git status --porcelain | grep -q 'assets/json/citations.json'; then
+            git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+            git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+            git add assets/json/citations.json
+            git commit -m "Update Google Scholar citations badge"
+            git push
+          else
+            echo "No changes in assets/json/citations.json"
+          fi