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title: "Automatic Dating with Git"
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date: 2026-04-02
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draft: false
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tags: ['hugo', 'git', 'workflow']
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---
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Hugo can pull dates from Git history so you never have to update `lastmod`
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by hand.
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## Enable Git info
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```toml
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# hugo.toml
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enableGitInfo = true
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```
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## Configure front matter date resolution
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```toml
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[frontmatter]
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date = [':filename', ':default']
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publishDate = [':filename', ':default']
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lastmod = [':git', ':fileModTime']
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```
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## How it works
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- `.Date` — tries the filename first (`2026-04-03-post.md`), then the
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`date` field in front matter.
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- `.Lastmod` — uses the Git author date of the last commit that touched
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the file, falling back to filesystem mtime.
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- `.PublishDate` — same resolution chain as `.Date`.
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## Filename date formats
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Hugo recognizes these patterns:
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```
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2026-04-03-my-post.md → date: 2026-04-03, slug: my-post
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2026-04-03T14-30-00-post.md → date: 2026-04-03T14:30:00
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```
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