Merge pull request #163 from timvink/111-if-a-file-has-no-git-logs-use-the-last-modified-timestamp-instead-of-the-current

Ensure creation date is never later than revision date

Author: timvink

src/mkdocs_git_revision_date_localized_plugin/plugin.py

@@ -271,6 +271,13 @@ def on_page_markdown(
                 is_first_commit=True,
             )
 
+        if first_revision_timestamp > last_revision_timestamp:
+            # See also https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/issues/111
+            msg = "First revision timestamp is older than last revision timestamp for page %s. " % page.file.src_path
+            msg += "This can be due to a quick in `git` follow behaviour. You can try to set `enable_git_follow: false` in the plugin configuration."
+            logging.warning(msg)
+            first_revision_hash, first_revision_timestamp = last_revision_hash, last_revision_timestamp
+
         # Creation date formats
         creation_dates = self.util.get_date_formats_for_timestamp(first_revision_timestamp, locale=locale, add_spans=True)
         creation_date = creation_dates[self.config["type"]]