From f92003b6fe6700ee90ff37c74e74e6c1742bda6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Pape <d.pape@hzdr.de>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 09:22:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add deprecation notice to README

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 README.md | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 52ae0ad..e883111 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+NOTE: This repository and the associated Python package are deprecated.
+As of hermes v0.10, the Python/pyproject.toml plugin is part of the hermes codebase.
+It can be configured by adding the following code to your `hermes.toml` file:
+
+``` toml
+[harvest]
+sources = [ "toml" ]
+```
+
+No further installation is required.
+Please remove any `pip install` calls for `hermes-plugin-python` or `git+https://github.com/softwarepub/hermes-plugin-python` from your publication workflow.
 
 # Hermes harvest plugin for .toml files
 This plugin enables the harvesting of metadata stored in the .toml file of the project. It is configured to automatically harvest from "pyproject.toml". Although it can be used for every .toml file it uses the fields commonly used in .toml files for python.