hugo/docs/content/variables/git.md

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Git Info Variables	Git Variables	Get the last Git revision information for every content file.	2017-03-12	2017-03-12	2017-03-12	variables and params	git	false	docs parent weight variables 70	70	70	/extras/gitinfo/	false	false

{{% 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.

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)