diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
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+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
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+BrainDoctor
+Bruno
+Charlie
+Ed
+Erwin
+Fred
+FvDxxx
+Herman
+James
+Joe
+MattK
+Michał
+Paolo
+Patrick
+Ryan
+Scott
+Tim
+User
+Valentin
+WoJ
+dan
+dependabot[bot]
+error454
+nvnwater
+r4r3
+rarosalion
+shakreiner
+tlegras
+wojtek
diff --git a/build/update-contributors.sh b/build/update-contributors.sh
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+#1/usr/bin/env bash
+
+contributors=CONTRIBUTORS
+[[ -f "$contributors".tmp ]] && rm -f "$contributors".tmp
+git shortlog -s | awk '{print $2}' > "$contributors".tmp
+sort -u CONTRIBUTORS.tmp > CONTRIBUTORS
+[[ -f "$contributors".tmp ]] && rm -f "$contributors".tmp