Add git commit date as last update date in hugo page
.GitInfo
or .Page.Lastmod
as last update date in hugo pageUse .GitInfo
or .Page.Lastmod
Hugo have build-in support to get the last Git revision information for every content file.
To enable Hugo get git commit info,
first need change enableGitInfo
to true
in config.toml
:
Page.Lastmod
is fetched from .GitInfo.AuthorDate
.
enableGitInfo = true
Then in any page template can use .GitInfo
or .Page.Lastmod
to get current file's the latest git commit info.
Last Update:
<time datetime="{{ .Page.Lastmod.Format "Mon Jan 10 17:13:38 2020 -0700" }}" class="text-muted">
{{ $.Page.Lastmod.Format "January 02, 2006" }}
</time>
Troubleshooting
.GitInfo
is null
in local hugo serve
You need commit file to make .GitInfo
have validate data.
Per hugo document:
The .GitInfo feature must be enabled in your Hugo project by passing –enableGitInfo flag on the command line or by setting enableGitInfo to true in your site’s configuration file.
This is not accurate, setting enableGitInfo to true in your site’s configuration file is not enough. If you run a dev server by hugo serve
, the .GitInfo
also is null
.
You have to add --enableGitInfo
to get .GitInfo
:
$ hugo serve --enableGitInfo
Check the content of .GitInfo
You may use jsonify
to serialize .GitInfo
and display it on page:
{{ .GitInfo | jsonify }}
Here is an example output of {{ .GitInfo | jsonify }}
:
{
"hash":"f9ede6c53eed4753abe9f4ad5303a5c0fffc7b5a",
"abbreviatedHash":"f9ede6c",
"subject":"show last update through git commit info",
"authorName":"...",
"authorEmail":"...",
"authorDate":"2020-02-13T15:01:40-08:00",
"commitDate":"2020-02-13T15:01:40-08:00"
}
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