Clean up this repository

[OlivieFranklova]

The entire repository was cleaned up and prepared for development as open source.

Release notes:

• Add CONTRIBUTING.md
• Add License headers
• Add LICENSE.md
• Add Issue Templates
• Add release action release_publish
• Remove Aquasec steps
• Rename package from africa.absa to za.co.absa
• update README.md

Closes #1

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☂️ Python Coverage

current status: ✅

Overall Coverage

Lines	Covered	Coverage	Threshold	Status
3	3	100%	70%	🟢

New Files

No new covered files...

Modified Files

File	Coverage	Status
smallfiles/test/init.py	100%	🟢
smallfiles/test/test_version.py	100%	🟢
TOTAL	100%	🟢

updated for commit: df53655 by action🐍

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JaCoCo code coverage report - scala 2.12.17

Overall Project	94.54% -26.38%	🍏
Files changed	41.37%	❌

File	Coverage
RowsDiff.scala	100%	❌
AnalyseStat.scala	100%	🍏
ColumnsDiff.scala	100%	❌
HashUtils.scala	100%	🍏
Arguments.scala	100%	❌
ArgsParser.scala	100%	🍏
Comparator.scala	99.73%	🍏
IOHandler.scala	98.25%	🍏
OutputFormatType.scala	87.5% -12.5%	🍏
RowByRowAnalysis.scala	87.02%	🍏
DiffComputeType.scala	50% -50%	❌

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JaCoCo code coverage report - scala 2.11.12

Overall Project	95.58% -20.69%	🍏
Files changed	41.44%	❌

File	Coverage
RowsDiff.scala	100%	❌
AnalyseStat.scala	100%	🍏
ColumnsDiff.scala	100%	❌
HashUtils.scala	100%	🍏
Arguments.scala	100%	❌
ArgsParser.scala	100%	🍏
Comparator.scala	99.77%	🍏
IOHandler.scala	98.83%	🍏
RowByRowAnalysis.scala	89.36%	🍏
OutputFormatType.scala	87.5% -12.5%	🍏
DiffComputeType.scala	40.63% -68.75%	❌

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR cleans up the repository in preparation for open source development by updating documentation, workflows, and project structure.

• Added various documentation files including CONTRIBUTING, LICENSE, and issue templates.
• Updated YAML workflows for release, CI, and CD while removing Aquasec steps.
• Renamed the package from "africa.absa" to "za.co.absa" and adjusted related documentation accordingly.

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 47 out of 53 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

Show a summary per file

File	Description
bigfiles/README.md	Updated package reference and modified configuration placeholders.
README.md	Added an "Abstract example" section and fixed a typo in bullet points.
CONTIBUTING.md	Introduced new contributing guidelines (note filename spelling).
.github/workflows/*.yml	Added and modified multiple workflows for release, CI & CD.
.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*.md	Added new issue templates for spike, bug, feature, epic, and operative tasks.

Files not reviewed (6)

• LICENSE: Language not supported
• bigfiles/build.sbt: Language not supported
• bigfiles/project/Dependencies.scala: Language not supported
• bigfiles/project/plugins.sbt: Language not supported
• bigfiles/src/main/scala/africa/absa/cps/analysis/ColumnsDiff.scala: Language not supported
• bigfiles/src/main/scala/africa/absa/cps/analysis/RowsDiff.scala: Language not supported

[Copilot]

The file name 'CONTIBUTING.md' appears to be misspelled; consider renaming it to 'CONTRIBUTING.md' to align with common conventions.

[OlivieFranklova]

fixed

[Copilot]

[nitpick] Consider adding a separator between '${{ matrix.scalaShort }}' and '$base_name' (e.g., using a dash) to improve the clarity of the artifact name.

Suggested change

	cp target/scala-${{ matrix.scalaShort }}/dataset-comparison-*.jar staging/scala-${{ matrix.scalaShort }}$base_name
	echo "artifact_name=scala-${{ matrix.scalaShort }}$base_name" >> $GITHUB_ENV
	cp target/scala-${{ matrix.scalaShort }}/dataset-comparison-*.jar staging/scala-${{ matrix.scalaShort }}-$base_name
	echo "artifact_name=scala-${{ matrix.scalaShort }}-$base_name" >> $GITHUB_ENV

[OlivieFranklova]

fixed