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title: Git Info Variables
linktitle: Git Variables
description: Get the last Git revision information for every content file.
date: 2017-03-12
publishdate: 2017-03-12
lastmod: 2017-03-12
categories: [variables and params]
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{{% note "`.GitInfo` Performance Considerations"  %}}
Hugo's Git integrations should be fairly performant but *can* increase your build time. This will depend on the size of your Git history.
{{% /note %}}

## `.GitInfo` Prerequisites

1. The Hugo site must be in a Git-enabled directory.
2. The Git executable must be installed and in your system `PATH`.
3. 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][configuration].

## The `.GitInfo` Object

The `GitInfo` object contains the following fields:

`.AbbreviatedHash`
: the abbreviated commit hash (e.g., `866cbcc`)

`.AuthorName`
: the author's name, respecting `.mailmap`

`.AuthorEmail`
: the author's email address, respecting `.mailmap`

`.AuthorDate`
: the author date

`.Hash`
: the commit hash (e.g., `866cbccdab588b9908887ffd3b4f2667e94090c3`)

`.Subject`
: commit message subject (e.g., `tpl: Add custom index function`)

[configuration]: /getting-started/configuration/
