git-revision-date

Sets each page's updated (and optionally created) date from git history, using a single-pass LibGit2Sharp walk. Falls back to filesystem timestamps when git data is not available, and is skipped during serve for speed.

The dates surface in the page footer ("Last updated" / "Created") and feed other plugins such as the blog and RSS.

Options

Option Type Default Description
enable_creation_date bool false Also set the created date from the first commit.
{
  "name": "git-revision-date-localized",
  "options": { "enable_creation_date": true }
}

Note

The plugin is registered under the name git-revision-date-localized for MkDocs compatibility.

Attribution

Behavior is modeled on mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin by @timvink (MIT). See Attributions.