Add performance testing setup to Kedro (#4172)

* Add asv test setup

Signed-off-by: Ankita Katiyar <ankitakatiyar2401@gmail.com>

* lint

Signed-off-by: Ankita Katiyar <ankitakatiyar2401@gmail.com>

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Signed-off-by: Ankita Katiyar <ankitakatiyar2401@gmail.com>

.github/workflows/benchmark-performance.yml

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+name: ASV Benchmark
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main  # Run benchmarks on every commit to the main branch
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+
+jobs:
+
+  benchmark:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          path: "kedro"
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install asv  # Install ASV
+
+      - name: Run ASV benchmarks
+        run: |
+          cd kedro
+          asv machine --machine=github-actions
+          asv run -v --machine=github-actions
+
+      - name: Set git email and name
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email "kedro@kedro.com"
+          git config --global user.name "Kedro"
+
+      - name: Checkout target repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: kedro-org/kedro-benchmark-results
+          token: ${{ secrets.GH_TAGGING_TOKEN }}
+          ref: 'main'
+          path: "kedro-benchmark-results"
+
+      - name: Copy files to target repository
+        run: |
+          cp -r /home/runner/work/kedro/kedro/kedro/.asv /home/runner/work/kedro/kedro/kedro-benchmark-results/
+
+      - name: Commit and Push changes to kedro-org/kedro-benchmark-results
+        run: |
+          cd kedro-benchmark-results
+          git add .
+          git commit -m "Add results"
+          git push

asv.conf.json

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+{
+    "version": 1,
+    "project": "Kedro",
+    "project_url": "https://kedro.org/",
+    "repo": ".",
+    "install_command": ["pip install -e ."],
+    "branches": ["main"],
+    "environment_type": "virtualenv",
+    "show_commit_url": "http://github.com/kedro-org/kedro/commit/",
+    "results_dir": ".asv/results",
+    "html_dir": ".asv/html"
+}

benchmarks/benchmark_dummy.py

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+# Write the benchmarking functions here.
+# See "Writing benchmarks" in the asv docs for more information.
+
+
+class TimeSuite:
+    """
+    A dummy benchmark suite to test with asv framework.
+    """
+    def setup(self):
+        self.d = {}
+        for x in range(500):
+            self.d[x] = None
+
+    def time_keys(self):
+        for key in self.d.keys():
+            pass