# What changed in mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin

> 17 changes in mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin 1 from its official release notes, upgrade guides and advisories: 4 breaking. Each one cited. Sources checked 2026-10-30. HTML: https://unstale.sh/pypi/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/

To see which of these apply to a repository, run `npx @unstale/cli init` in it.

## mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin 1

### Breaking changes

- Python 3.10 is no longer tested or supported, though it can still be installed. (1.6.1) — [release notes](https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/releases/tag/v1.6.1)
- The declared minimum MkDocs version is now 1.4, aligning package metadata with the MkDocs APIs the plugin requires. (1.6.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/releases/tag/v1.6.0)
- Plugin warnings now count toward MkDocs' warning counter, so strict builds can fail on warnings they previously ignored. (1.6.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/releases/tag/v1.6.0)
- Setting strict: false in the plugin config downgrades these messages to keep the build passing. (1.6.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/releases/tag/v1.6.0)

### Performance

- When this option is off, the plugin no longer looks up creation commits, roughly halving build time on large sites. (1.6.2) — [release notes](https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/releases/tag/v1.6.2)
- The initial build is faster when using `--dirty`. (1.6.2) — [release notes](https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/releases/tag/v1.6.2)
- Git tag and site-wide revision commit lookups are cached instead of recomputed for every page, reducing build time on larger sites. (1.6.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/releases/tag/v1.6.0)

### Behavior and default changes

- Plugin messages now use MkDocs' logger and are formatted and coloured like other build output. (1.6.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/releases/tag/v1.6.0)
- The warning about incomplete Git history now fires when the repository is outside the directory where mkdocs is run, including repositories inside docs/ and temporary plugin checkouts. (1.6.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/releases/tag/v1.6.0)

### Tooling

- The package now ships py.typed so mypy, pyright, and ty can see the plugin's annotations. (1.6.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/releases/tag/v1.6.0)

### Fixes and other changes

- Generated pages get one stable timestamp per build, so both dates match and strict builds no longer warn about them. (1.6.2) — [release notes](https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/releases/tag/v1.6.2)
- While the command runs, it now picks up commits, including amended commits, and changes to the ignored commits file. (1.6.2) — [release notes](https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/releases/tag/v1.6.2)
- Text surrounding date directives is preserved, and unrecognised directives such as %Q are left alone instead of being reinterpreted. (1.6.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/releases/tag/v1.6.0)
- When parallel Git history reading fails, the error now explains what setting enable_parallel_processing to false does. (1.6.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/releases/tag/v1.6.0)
- The creation-date commit hash metadata field now contains the expected value for theme overrides. (1.6.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/releases/tag/v1.6.0)
- The creation-date tag metadata field now contains the expected value for theme overrides. (1.6.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/releases/tag/v1.6.0)
- An invalid type value now produces a MkDocs config error listing valid values instead of a bare AssertionError. (1.6.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/releases/tag/v1.6.0)