Both creation & last modified dates on all tracked files keep updating to the date/time of last commit.

[rmscode]

I just noticed this today. On github pages, all my pages are showing a date/time that matches my last commit from this afternoon. My local builds do not exhibit the same behavior...They are accurate.

[timvink]

Are you talking about the creation date? --> Have a look at the note on build systems in the docs (https://timvink.github.io/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/index.html). github does not fetch all commit history by default

Are you talking about the last modified date? --> Do you have the fallback_to_build_date option (docs) enabled?

• If yes, try disabling it, and share the error message
• If not, please provide a bit more information; for example, do you have a public repo where I can see your github actions config?

[rmscode]

Update: Added fetch-depth: 0, but it made no difference.

Sorry, I was in a bit of a rush.

Yes, I meant the creation date and the last modified date.

I do not have fallback_to_build_date enabled.

Here are the current plugin options:

- git-revision-date-localized:
      enable_creation_date: true
      type: datetime
      timezone: America/New_York
      exclude:
        - index.md
        - notes/*

This is my github actions config:

name: mydocs-gh-pages-deploy 
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
permissions:
  contents: write
jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Configure Git Credentials
        run: |
          git config user.name github-actions[bot]
          git config user.email 74937203+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
        with:
          python-version: 3.x
      - run: echo "cache_id=$(date --utc '+%V')" >> $GITHUB_ENV 
      - uses: actions/cache@v3
        with:
          key: mkdocs-material-${{ env.cache_id }}
          path: .cache
          restore-keys: |
            mkdocs-material-
      - run: pip install mkdocs-material 
      - run: pip install mkdocs-encryptcontent-plugin
      - run: pip install mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin
      - run: pip install mkdocs-git-latest-changes-plugin
      - run: mkdocs gh-deploy --force

[timvink]

So many build systems do not fetch the full commit history (for obvious reasons). You need to configure that explicitly, see the documentation note on build systems in the docs: https://timvink.github.io/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/index.html#note-when-using-build-environments

You're the third person this week hitting this; I will try to make that section in the docs easier to find.

[rmscode]

Thank you. You did point that out earlier and I did try fetch-depth to 0, but it hasn't changed anything. Maybe I placed that param in the wrong part of my actions config?

name: mydocs-gh-pages-deploy 
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
permissions:
  contents: write
jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Configure Git Credentials
        run: |
          git config user.name github-actions[bot]
          git config user.email 74937203+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0 # <------ HERE?
          python-version: 3.x
      - run: echo "cache_id=$(date --utc '+%V')" >> $GITHUB_ENV 
      - uses: actions/cache@v3
        with:
          key: mkdocs-material-${{ env.cache_id }}
          path: .cache
          restore-keys: |
            mkdocs-material-
      - run: pip install mkdocs-material 
      - run: pip install mkdocs-encryptcontent-plugin
      - run: pip install mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin
      - run: pip install mkdocs-git-latest-changes-plugin
      - run: mkdocs gh-deploy --force
     ```

[timvink]

No on checkout actions. Docs: https://github.com/actions/checkout

[rmscode]

Oh crap...I did have it in the wrong area. When I read the docs, I saw that it needed to be nested under - uses: actions/checkout@v4, but my eyes must have seen the actions/ bit of - uses: actions/setup-python@v4 and I placed it there. Whoops.

Thanks for the help.