Git sha in footer

Adam Parkin · Adam Parkin · commit 4e62f8a1f80e · 2018-04-02T23:10:21.000-07:00
diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
@@ -46,6 +46,18 @@ The `clean` target of the `Makefile` also removes any previously built `codepend
 Instead of `s3cmd` (which is what the generated `Makefile` uses), I changed to use the
 [AWS CLI](https://aws.amazon.com/cli/) because A) it's better, and B) I already had it installed.
 
+### Git SHA in Footer
+
+I hacked together some stuff in `pelicanconf.py` to get the git SHA & throw it into a variable.  This
+is then displayed in the page footer, which I find useful for sanity checking what revision is running.
+
+### Github Corners Configurable Colour
+
+Flex (the theme I use) has support for [Github Corners](https://github.com/tholman/github-corners),
+but the colour isn't configurable.  I modified the theme to use a config value `GITHUB_CORNER_BG_COLOR`
+which sets the background colour of the github corners icon (in my config I set it to the same value
+as the BG colour of buttons from the theme).
+
 ## Hosting
 
 As mentioned, I have the site set up in AWS.  All the generated content goes into a [S3](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/) bucket,
diff --git a/pelicanconf.py b/pelicanconf.py
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
 
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from datetime import datetime
+import subprocess
+
+
+def get_git_sha():
+    # shamefully stolen from: https://stackoverflow.com/a/21901260/808804
+    return str(subprocess.check_output(['git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD']), 'utf-8').strip()
 
 AUTHOR = 'Adam Parkin'
 SITENAME = 'The Codependent Codr'
@@ -78,3 +84,5 @@
 GITHUB_CORNER_BG_COLOR = '#d9411e'
 
 ADD_THIS_ID = 'ra-5ac30fba879b9110'
+
+GIT_SHA = get_git_sha()
diff --git a/theme/Flex/templates/base.html b/theme/Flex/templates/base.html
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ <h1><a href="{{ SITEURL }}">{{ SITETITLE }}</a></h1>
       {% else %}
         {% include "partial/copyright.html" %}
       {% endif %}
+
+      {% if GIT_SHA %}
+        <p>{{ GIT_SHA }}</p>
+      {% endif %}
     </footer>
   </main>
 
