Display of Git Commit Message at Bottom of every Page

[bismayam]

This is a Bug Report

Problem:

At the bottom of each of the pages of the https://kubernetes.io there is info about the last commit message.
For example:
Kubernetes Release History page
, a Git commit message is visible, along with a link to the corresponding commit:

🔗 docs: add note to broken release link (bb43a46caa)

It may not serve any contextual or user-facing purpose and may confuse readers.

Steps to Reproduce:

Navigate to https://kubernetes.io/releases/#release-history (Any page)
Scroll to the bottom of the page.
Observe the presence of the raw commit message and link.

Proposed Solution:

Review the source pages to ensure that commit references aren’t rendered in the final HTML unless explicitly intended.

Page to Update:
https://kubernetes.io/...

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[lmktfy]

I think this information is a little helpful. Does it harm people if we show it?

[lmktfy]

/area web-development

[bismayam]

I think this information is a little helpful. Does it harm people if we show it?

I don't think there's any harm in displaying this information.
However, I feel it would look cleaner to the end user without seeing some commit message in each page.

[devampatel03]

Hi @bismayam ! I would like to work on this bug. Can you assign this issue to me ?

[bismayam]

/assign @devampatel03

[devampatel03]

I investigated the issue related to the display of the "Last modified" Git commit message on the web pages. The relevant code responsible for rendering this information is located in the baseof.html file at line 46:

{{ partial "page-meta-lastmod.html" . }}

Findings:

1. The page-meta-lastmod.html partial, which is referenced in this line, does not exist in the repository. I searched the entire project directory and confirmed that the file is missing.
2. I also ran git blame on the baseof.html file to trace the history of this line. It appears that this line was introduced without the page-meta-lastmod.html file ever being present in the repository.
3. Without the page-meta-lastmod.html file, it is impossible to modify or adjust the internal logic for displaying the Git commit message.

Resolution:
To resolve this issue, I tested the following:

• Commenting out or removing the line: This prevents the Git commit message from being rendered on the web pages. Upon doing so, the "Last modified" section no longer appears, and the issue is effectively resolved.

Recommendation:

• If the page-meta-lastmod.html file is intended to exist, it should be added to the repository with the appropriate logic for rendering the "Last modified" information.
• If the file is not required, the line in baseof.html should be permanently removed to avoid confusion and unnecessary references to a non-existent partial.

[tengqm]

the "page-meta-lastmod.html" file is inherited from Docsy.

[devampatel03]

Thanks for clarifying! That makes sense now. Since the partial is inherited from Docsy, we could technically override it by adding our own version in the partials folder, but I don’t think that’s necessary here. Instead, I added a conditional check in baseof.html so the section is only rendered if the show_last_modified param is explicitly set to true in hugo.toml. This way, we keep the behavior configurable without introducing redundant overrides.