backwards compatible theme locale access

mkdocs_git_revision_date_localized_plugin/plugin.py

@@ -4,20 +4,18 @@
 https://www.mkdocs.org/
 https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin/
 """
-# standard lib
 import logging
 import re
 import os
 import time
 
-# 3rd party
+from mkdocs import __version__ as mkdocs_version
 from mkdocs.config import config_options
 from mkdocs.plugins import BasePlugin
 from mkdocs.structure.nav import Page
 from mkdocs.utils import copy_file
 from mkdocs.exceptions import ConfigurationError
 
-# package modules
 from mkdocs_git_revision_date_localized_plugin.util import Util
 from mkdocs_git_revision_date_localized_plugin.exclude import exclude
 
@@ -26,7 +24,6 @@
 
 HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
-
 class GitRevisionDateLocalizedPlugin(BasePlugin):
     """
     Mkdocs plugin to add revision date from Git.
@@ -79,7 +76,7 @@ def on_config(self, config: config_options.Config, **kwargs) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         # theme locale
         if "theme" in config and "locale" in config.get("theme"):
             custom_theme = config.get("theme")
-            theme_locale = custom_theme.locale
+            theme_locale = custom_theme.locale if mkdocs_version >= "1.6.0" else custom_theme._vars.get("locale")
             logging.debug(
                 "Locale '%s' extracted from the custom theme: '%s'"
                 % (theme_locale, custom_theme.name)

setup.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin",
-    version="1.2.4",
+    version="1.2.5",
     description="Mkdocs plugin that enables displaying the localized date of the last git modification of a markdown file.",
     long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",