diff --git a/scripts/gen-authors.sh b/scripts/gen-authors.sh
new file mode 100755
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/gen-authors.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${0}")" && pwd)"
+BASE_DIR="$(cd "${SCRIPT_DIR}/.." && pwd)"
+AUTHORS_FILE="${BASE_DIR}/AUTHORS"
+
+type git > /dev/null || exit
+test -d "${BASE_DIR}/.git" || exit
+
+git log --all --format='%aN' | sort -u > "${AUTHORS_FILE}"