Read git log and overwrite the front-matter properties date and updated for each posts.

WARNING: This plugin will overwrite the front-matter, even if you manually set a date or updated in the front-matter.

A live site using this plugin: http://js-index.com/

And the GitHub repo for that site: https://github.com/xcatliu/js-index

$ npm install hexo-filter-date-from-git --save

The date property will be the date when the first time someone committed the post. Same result as:

git log --format="%ad" -- <file> | tail -1

The updated property will be the date when the last time someone committed the post. Same result as:

git log --format="%ad" -- <file> | tail -1

NOTICE: If you created a new file, before you committed the file, the date and updated will be the date when you run hexo command.

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