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# Adding a git repository
If your documentation is related to source code, Material for MkDocs provides
the ability to display information to the project's repository as part of the
static site, including stars and forks. Furthermore, the
[date of last update and creation], as well as [contributors] can be shown.
## Configuration
### Repository
[:octicons-tag-24: 0.1.0][repo_url support] ·
:octicons-milestone-24: Default: _none_
In order to display a link to the repository of your project as part of your
documentation, set [`repo_url`][repo_url] in `mkdocs.yml` to the public URL of
your repository, e.g.:
``` yaml
repo_url: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material
```
The link to the repository will be rendered next to the search bar on big
screens and as part of the main navigation drawer on smaller screen sizes.
Additionally, for public repositories hosted on [GitHub] or [GitLab], the
number of stars and forks is automatically requested and rendered.
GitHub repositories also include the tag of the latest release.[^1]
[^1]:
Unfortunately, GitHub only provides an API endpoint to obtain the [latest
release] - not the latest tag. Thus, make sure to [create a release] (not
pre-release) for the latest tag you want to display next to the number of
stars and forks.
[repo_url support]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/releases/tag/0.1.0
[repo_url]: https://www.mkdocs.org/user-guide/configuration/#repo_url
[latest release]: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/releases#get-the-latest-release
[create a release]: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/managing-releases-in-a-repository#creating-a-release
#### Repository name
[:octicons-tag-24: 0.1.0][repo_name support] ·
:octicons-milestone-24: Default: _automatically set to_ `GitHub`, `GitLab` _or_
`Bitbucket`
MkDocs will infer the source provider by examining the URL and try to set the
_repository name_ automatically. If you wish to customize the name, set
[`repo_name`][repo_name] in `mkdocs.yml`:
``` yaml
repo_name: squidfunk/mkdocs-material
```
[repo_name support]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/releases/tag/0.1.0
[repo_name]: https://www.mkdocs.org/user-guide/configuration/#repo_name
#### Repository icon
[:octicons-tag-24: 5.0.0][icon.repo support] ·
:octicons-milestone-24: Default:
[`fontawesome/brands/git-alt`][icon.repo default]
While the default repository icon is a generic git icon, it can be set to
any icon bundled with the theme by referencing a valid icon path in
`mkdocs.yml`:
``` yaml
theme:
icon:
repo: fontawesome/brands/git-alt # (1)!
```
1. Enter a few keywords to find the perfect icon using our [icon search] and
click on the shortcode to copy it to your clipboard:
Some popular choices:
- :fontawesome-brands-git: – `fontawesome/brands/git`
- :fontawesome-brands-git-alt: – `fontawesome/brands/git-alt`
- :fontawesome-brands-github: – `fontawesome/brands/github`
- :fontawesome-brands-github-alt: – `fontawesome/brands/github-alt`
- :fontawesome-brands-gitlab: – `fontawesome/brands/gitlab`
- :fontawesome-brands-gitkraken: – `fontawesome/brands/gitkraken`
- :fontawesome-brands-bitbucket: – `fontawesome/brands/bitbucket`
- :fontawesome-solid-trash: – `fontawesome/solid/trash`
[icon.repo support]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/releases/tag/5.0.0
[icon.repo default]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/blob/master/material/.icons/fontawesome/brands/git-alt.svg
[icon search]: ../reference/icons-emojis.md#search
#### Edit button
[:octicons-tag-24: 0.1.0][edit_uri support] ·
:octicons-milestone-24: Default: _automatically set_
If the repository URL points to a [GitHub], [GitLab] or [Bitbucket] repository,
an edit button is displayed at the top of each document. This behavior can be
changed by setting [`edit_uri`][edit_uri] in `mkdocs.yml`:
=== "Customize edit path"
``` yaml
edit_uri: edit/master/docs/
```
=== "Hide edit button"
``` yaml
edit_uri: ""
```
[edit_uri support]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/releases/tag/0.1.0
[edit_uri]: https://www.mkdocs.org/user-guide/configuration/#edit_uri
[GitHub]: https://github.com/
[GitLab]: https://about.gitlab.com/
[Bitbucket]: https://bitbucket.org/
### Revisioning
The following plugins are fully integrated with Material for MkDocs, allowing
for showing the [date of last update and creation] of a document, as well as
links to all [contributors] or [authors] involved.
[date of last update and creation]: #document-dates
[contributors]: #document-contributors
[authors]: #document-authors
#### Document dates
[:octicons-tag-24: 4.6.0][git-revision-date-localized support] ·
[:octicons-cpu-24: Plugin][git-revision-date-localized]
The [git-revision-date-localized] plugin adds support for adding the date of
last update and creation of a document at the bottom of each page. Install it
with `pip`:
```
pip install mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin
```
Then, add the following lines to `mkdocs.yml`:
``` yaml
plugins:
- git-revision-date-localized:
enable_creation_date: true
```
The following configuration options are supported:
`type`{ #type }
: :octicons-milestone-24: Default: `date` – The format of the date to be
displayed. Valid values are `date`, `datetime`, `iso_date`, `iso_datetime`
and `timeago`:
``` yaml
plugins:
- git-revision-date-localized:
type: date
```
`enable_creation_date`{ #enable-creation-date }
: [:octicons-tag-24: 7.1.4][enable_creation_date support] ·
:octicons-milestone-24: Default: `false` – Enables the display of the
creation date of the file associated with the page next to the last updated
date at the bottom of the page:
``` yaml
plugins:
- git-revision-date-localized:
enable_creation_date: true
```
`fallback_to_build_date`{ #fallback-to-build-date }
: :octicons-milestone-24: Default: `false` – Enables falling back to
the time when `mkdocs build` was executed. Can be used as a fallback when
the build is performed outside of a git repository:
``` yaml
plugins:
- git-revision-date-localized:
fallback_to_build_date: true
```
The other configuration options of this extension are not officially supported
by Material for MkDocs, which is why they may yield unexpected results. Use
them at your own risk.
[git-revision-date-localized support]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/releases/tag/4.6.0
[git-revision-date-localized]: https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin
[enable_creation_date support]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/releases/tag/7.1.4
#### Document contributors
[:octicons-heart-fill-24:{ .mdx-heart } Sponsors only][Insiders]{ .mdx-insiders } ·
[:octicons-tag-24: insiders-4.19.0][Insiders] ·
[:octicons-cpu-24: Plugin][git-committers] ·
:octicons-beaker-24: Experimental
The [git-committers][^2] plugin renders the GitHub avatars of all contributors,
linking to their GitHub profiles at the bottom of each page. As always, it can
be installed with `pip`:
[^2]:
We currently recommend using a fork of the [git-committers] plugin, as it
contains many improvements that have not yet been merged back into the
original plugin. See byrnereese/mkdocs-git-committers-plugin#12 for more
information.
```
pip install mkdocs-git-committers-plugin-2
```
Then, add the following lines to `mkdocs.yml`:
``` yaml
plugins:
- git-committers:
repository: squidfunk/mkdocs-material
token: !ENV GH_TOKEN
```
The following configuration options are supported:
`repository`{ #committers-repository }
: :octicons-milestone-24: Default: _none_ · :octicons-alert-24: Required –
This property must be set to the slug of the repository that contains your
documentation. The slug must follow the pattern `/`:
``` yaml
plugins:
- git-committers:
repository: squidfunk/mkdocs-material
```
`token`{ #committers-repository }
: :octicons-milestone-24: Default: _none_ – This property should[^3] be set to
a [personal access token], which is used by the plugin to query GitHub's API
for document contributor information:
[^3]:
Setting a [personal access token] is not required, but recommended, as
GitHub has very low [rate limits] on their APIs that you'll probably run
into. When using a token, [rate limits] are much higher.
``` yaml
plugins:
- git-committers:
token: !ENV GH_TOKEN
```
The other configuration options of this extension are not officially supported
by Material for MkDocs, which is why they may yield unexpected results. Use
them at your own risk.
[Insiders]: ../insiders/index.md
[git-committers]: https://github.com/ojacques/mkdocs-git-committers-plugin-2
[personal access token]: https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token
[rate limits]: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#rate-limiting
#### Document authors :material-alert-decagram:{ .mdx-pulse title="Added on June 24, 2022" }
[:octicons-heart-fill-24:{ .mdx-heart } Sponsors only][Insiders]{ .mdx-insiders } ·
[:octicons-tag-24: insiders-4.19.0][Insiders] ·
[:octicons-cpu-24: Plugin][git-authors] ·
:octicons-beaker-24: Experimental
The [git-authors] plugin extracts the authors of a document from git to display
them at the bottom of each page. It's a lightweight alternative to the
[git-committers] plugin. Install it with `pip`:
```
pip install mkdocs-git-authors-plugin
```
Then, add the following lines to `mkdocs.yml`:
``` yaml
plugins:
- git-authors
```
[git-authors]: https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-authors-plugin/