Post dates missing when deploying via Netlify

[henningninneh]

Description

After building the site via Netlify, post dates are missing in the blog widget and in each post. Instead, the date when the post was last updated is shown below the post title. This occurs despite setting enableGitInfo = false in config.toml.

Steps to reproduce

0. In config.toml, set enableGitInfo = false.
1. Create a new post with hugo new --kind post post/test.
2. Start the Hugo server with hugo server start.
3. Load page in browser and observe that the post dates are rendered as expected.
4. Commit changes to local git repository. (Optional: restart local hugo server and observe that the post dates are still rendered as expected.).
5. Push changes to GitHub and wait for Netlify to build the site.
6. Open the page in browser and observe that post dates are missing and that "last updated on [...]" is shown instead.

Expected result

Post dates should be shown in posts and on the blog widget below the title. "last updated on [...]" should be ommitted.

Actual result

Post dates are missing in posts and on the blog widget below the title. "last updated on [...]" (last git commit) is shown instead.

Notes

Academic Theme version: 4.3.1
Hugo Version on local machine (where no issue is encountered): v0.55.6 freebsd/386
Thank you!

[gcushen]

As you pointed out, this is not a bug with Academic and works fine when you render it locally.

You may want to check your netlify.toml file if you haven't already as that is where your Netlify settings are stored and it is where you can disable HUGO_ENABLEGITINFO for your Netlify site.

Feel free reach out to Hugo team (who implemented enableGitInfo ) on the Hugo forums or the Netlify community.

[henningninneh]

I understand. Thanks for explaining how to disable the whole thing! Before I reach out to Hugo and Netlify, could you point me to some relevant lines in your code, so I can give them a pointer?

[tuhinsharma121]

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