From 7f4a36f36dce38bdbee66cee49fedc8e77e29bec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MintoDA1 <51412913+MintoDA1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 09:50:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added citation information file for Zenodo

---
 .gitignore   |  1 +
 CITATION.cff | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 CITATION.cff

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d0756b7d4..3b52904fb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ dump*
 !swiftest/**
 !tests/**
 !.zenodo.json
+!CITATION.cff
 *ipynb_checkpoints
 **/.DS_Store
 !version.txt
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..adac9fea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+cff-version: 1.1.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
+authors:
+  - name: Wishard
+    given-names: Carlislse
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0733-3268
+  - family-names: Pouplin
+    given-names: Jennifer 
+  - family-names: Elliott
+    given-names: Jacob
+  - family-names: Dana
+    given-names: Singh
+  - family-names: Anand
+    given-names: Kaustub
+  - family-names: Minton
+    given-names: David
+    affiliation: "1"
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1656-9704
+title: profminton/swiftest: v2023.10.2
+version: v2023.10.2
+date-released: 2023-10-07
+            
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