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Add lastUpdated: true to Starlight config so each docs page shows when it was last modified. Dates are derived from git commit history.
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Enables Starlight’s lastUpdated feature in the docs site configuration so docs pages can display a “Last updated” date derived from git history.
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- Enable
lastUpdatedin the Starlight integration config.
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docs/astro.config.ts:84
- Starlight’s
lastUpdatedrelies on git history at build time. Our GitHub Actions workflows that build the docs useactions/checkoutwith the default shallow clone (nofetch-depthspecified), which typically preventsgit logfrom finding the last-modifying commit for most files—so the “Last updated” date may be missing or incorrect in CI/production. Consider updating the docs build/deploy workflows to fetch full history (or otherwise ensure the required commit history is available) so this setting works as intended.
lastUpdated: true,
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Starlight's lastUpdated relies on git log to find each file's last commit date. Without fetch-depth: 0 the shallow clone in CI would produce missing or incorrect dates.
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LGTM! I left one comment that I think we should address
Co-authored-by: Niek <ngnijland@gmail.com>
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Summary
lastUpdatedfeature to display modification dates on docs pagesChanges
docs/astro.config.tsto addlastUpdated: trueto Starlight configTest plan
npm run buildpasses