Get good Git info from Hugo

• hugo-site

  12 32 9.9 CSS

  This is the repository from which the Hugo-generated version of https://www.brycewray.com is built.

While reading blog posts from other static site generator (SSG) users, I sometimes see that a post includes a link to the specific Git commit for that post’s most recent update. I’ve incorporated on my site, too. In this post, I’ll show you how to do it in a Hugo site, in case you’re interested in doing the same. As an additional benefit, it’ll automate something you might have been doing manually up to now.

• toml

  45 19,163 4.0 Python

  Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language

  

In your project config file, set enableGitInfo to true (here, I’m showing the Hugo default of TOML, although my own config file is actually YAML):

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io featured

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• checkout

  62 5,265 7.6 TypeScript

  Action for checking out a repo

  

By default, the GitHub “checkout” action only fetches a single commit (for the ref/SHA that triggered the workflow). This results in the behavior you describe — i.e.[,] the current date/time is used for .Lastmod.

• Hugo

  549 72,558 9.8 Go

  The world’s fastest framework for building websites.

  

While reading blog posts from other static site generator (SSG) users, I sometimes see that a post includes a link to the specific Git commit for that post’s most recent update. I’ve incorporated on my site, too. In this post, I’ll show you how to do it in a Hugo site, in case you’re interested in doing the same. As an additional benefit, it’ll automate something you might have been doing manually up to now.

• starter-workflows

  262 8,449 8.6 TypeScript

  Accelerating new GitHub Actions workflows

  

However, there’s a catch if you’re using a GitHub Action to deploy your site to your chosen host, as I’ve been doing lately. The problem is that, although these automated .Lastmod indications will be correct when you’re developing locally with hugo server, they’ll all take on the current date when you deploy. Fortunately, there’s an explanation and solution, from a thread2 on the Hugo Discourse forum:

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com featured

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

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