@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sync"
+	"website/internal/builder"
+	"website/internal/content"
+	"website/internal/log"
+	"website/internal/vcs"
+
+	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/object"
+)
+
+func getPostVCSDates(iter object.CommitIter) *content.PostVCSDates {
+	p := &content.PostVCSDates{}
+	defer iter.Close()
+	for c, err := iter.Next(); c != nil && err == nil; c, err = iter.Next() {
+		if p.LastUpdated.IsZero() {
+			p.LastUpdated = c.Committer.When
+		}
+
+		p.Created = c.Committer.When
+	}
+
+	return p
+}
+
+func main() {
+	posts, err := content.GetPostFiles(filepath.Join(builder.ContentRoot, "post"))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("failed to glob posts", "error", err)
+	}
+
+	var (
+		wg sync.WaitGroup
+		mu sync.Mutex
+	)
+	out := make(map[string]*content.PostVCSDates)
+	for _, f := range posts {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(f string) {
+			repo, err := vcs.Open(".")
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error("failed to open repository", "error", err)
+			}
+
+			defer wg.Done()
+			iter, err := repo.FileLog(f)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error("failed to get commit log for file", "filename", f)
+			}
+			dates := getPostVCSDates(iter)
+			mu.Lock()
+			out[f] = dates
+			mu.Unlock()
+		}(f)
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
+	j, err := json.MarshalIndent(out, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("failed to convert to JSON", "error", err)
+	}
+
+	err = os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(builder.ContentRoot, content.DatesFilename), j, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("could not write output file", "error", err)
+	}
+}

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@+{
+  "content/post/a-new-site.md": {
+    "Created": "2014-06-08T11:31:54+01:00",
+    "LastUpdated": "2023-09-15T19:35:23+02:00"
+  },
+  "content/post/back-again.md": {
+    "Created": "2017-05-06T18:02:45+02:00",
+    "LastUpdated": "2023-09-15T19:35:23+02:00"
+  },
+  "content/post/cedit-and-paredit.md": {
+    "Created": "2014-08-09T10:17:48+01:00",
+    "LastUpdated": "2023-09-15T19:35:23+02:00"
+  },
+  "content/post/emacs-package-archive-statistics.md": {
+    "Created": "2014-07-19T13:24:29+01:00",
+    "LastUpdated": "2023-09-15T19:35:23+02:00"
+  },
+  "content/post/git-cloning-similar-repositories.md": {
+    "Created": "2014-06-22T09:46:16+01:00",
+    "LastUpdated": "2023-09-15T19:35:23+02:00"
+  },
+  "content/post/homesteading.md": {
+    "Created": "2023-09-22T12:38:34+02:00",
+    "LastUpdated": "2023-11-29T10:29:49+01:00"
+  },
+  "content/post/nixos-on-nanopi-r5s.md": {
+    "Created": "2023-07-30T10:38:40+02:00",
+    "LastUpdated": "2024-04-21T22:07:12+02:00"
+  },
+  "content/post/now-on-three-continents.md": {
+    "Created": "2023-07-02T10:01:36+02:00",
+    "LastUpdated": "2023-09-22T08:38:00+02:00"
+  },
+  "content/post/opening-projects-with-projectile.md": {
+    "Created": "2014-07-12T11:57:34+01:00",
+    "LastUpdated": "2023-09-15T19:35:23+02:00"
+  },
+  "content/post/postfix-as-null-client-with-external-catchall.md": {
+    "Created": "2020-09-11T20:17:15+02:00",
+    "LastUpdated": "2023-09-15T19:35:23+02:00"
+  },
+  "content/post/repository-management-with-ghq.md": {
+    "Created": "2017-05-07T00:10:06+02:00",
+    "LastUpdated": "2023-09-15T19:35:23+02:00"
+  },
+  "content/post/self-hosted-git.md": {
+    "Created": "2017-06-04T13:50:36+02:00",
+    "LastUpdated": "2024-04-21T20:36:01+02:00"
+  },
+  "content/post/when-tailscale-magicdns-isn't.md": {
+    "Created": "2024-06-25T09:03:58+02:00",
+    "LastUpdated": "2024-06-25T09:03:58+02:00"
+  }
+}

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ "website/internal/config" 	"website/internal/content"
 	"website/internal/log"
 	"website/internal/sitemap"
+	"website/internal/vcs"
 	"website/templates"
 
 	"github.com/a-h/templ"
@@ -22,14 +23,17 @@ "github.com/pkg/errors" )
 
 type IOConfig struct {
-	Source      string `conf:"default:.,short:s,flag:src"`
-	Destination string `conf:"default:public,short:d,flag:dest"`
-	Development bool   `conf:"default:false,flag:dev"`
+	Source      string          `conf:"default:.,short:s,flag:src"`
+	Destination string          `conf:"default:public,short:d,flag:dest"`
+	Development bool            `conf:"default:false,flag:dev"`
+	Repository  *vcs.Repository `conf:"-"`
 }
 
 type Result struct {
 	Hashes []string
 }
+
+const ContentRoot = "content"
 
 var compressFiles = false
 
@@ -110,7 +114,11 @@ if err := mkdirp(outDir, "post"); err != nil { 		return nil, errors.WithMessage(err, "could not create post output directory")
 	}
 	log.Debug("reading posts")
-	posts, tags, err := content.ReadPosts(joinSource("content"), "post", outDir)
+	posts, tags, err := content.ReadPosts(&content.Config{
+		Root:      joinSource(ContentRoot),
+		InputDir:  "post",
+		OutputDir: outDir,
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -219,7 +227,7 @@ } 	r.Hashes = append(r.Hashes, h)
 
 	log.Debug("rendering homepage")
-	_, text, err := content.GetPost(joinSource(filepath.Join("content", "index.md")))
+	_, text, err := content.GetPost(joinSource(filepath.Join(ContentRoot, "index.md")))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"os"
-	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
@@ -26,6 +25,11 @@ Title       string    `toml:"title"` 	Taxonomies  struct {
 		Tags []string `toml:"tags"`
 	} `toml:"taxonomies"`
+}
+
+type PostVCSDates struct {
+	Created     time.Time
+	LastUpdated time.Time
 }
 
 type Post struct {
@@ -39,6 +43,8 @@ } 
 type Tags mapset.Set[string]
 
+const DatesFilename = "dates.json"
+
 var markdown = goldmark.New(
 	goldmark.WithRendererOptions(
 		htmlrenderer.WithUnsafe(),
@@ -79,47 +85,60 @@ 	return buf.String(), nil
 }
 
-func ReadPosts(root string, inputDir string, outputDir string) ([]Post, Tags, error) {
+type Config struct {
+	Root      string
+	InputDir  string
+	OutputDir string
+}
+
+func GetPostFiles(root string) ([]string, error) {
+	return filepath.Glob(filepath.Join(root, "*.md"))
+}
+
+func ReadPosts(config *Config) ([]Post, Tags, error) {
 	tags := mapset.NewSet[string]()
 	posts := []Post{}
-	subdir := filepath.Join(root, inputDir)
-	files, err := os.ReadDir(subdir)
+	subdir := filepath.Join(config.Root, config.InputDir)
+	files, err := GetPostFiles(subdir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, errors.WithMessagef(err, "could not read post directory %s", subdir)
 	}
-	outputReplacer := strings.NewReplacer(root, outputDir, ".md", "/index.html")
-	urlReplacer := strings.NewReplacer(root, "", ".md", "/")
-	for _, f := range files {
-		pathFromRoot := filepath.Join(subdir, f.Name())
-		if !f.IsDir() && path.Ext(pathFromRoot) == ".md" {
-			output := outputReplacer.Replace(pathFromRoot)
-			url := urlReplacer.Replace(pathFromRoot)
-			log.Debug("reading post", "post", pathFromRoot)
-			matter, content, err := GetPost(pathFromRoot)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, nil, err
-			}
+	outputReplacer := strings.NewReplacer(config.Root, config.OutputDir, ".md", "/index.html")
+	urlReplacer := strings.NewReplacer(config.Root, "", ".md", "/")
+	for _, pathFromRoot := range files {
+		output := outputReplacer.Replace(pathFromRoot)
+		url := urlReplacer.Replace(pathFromRoot)
+		log.Debug("reading post", "post", pathFromRoot)
+		matter, content, err := GetPost(pathFromRoot)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+		// iter, err := repo.FileLog(pathFromRoot)
+		// if err != nil {
+		// 	return nil, nil, err
+		// }
+		// dates := getPostVCSDates(iter)
+		// log.Debug("post dates", "created", dates.Created, "updated", dates.LastUpdated)
 
-			for _, tag := range matter.Taxonomies.Tags {
-				tags.Add(strings.ToLower(tag))
-			}
+		for _, tag := range matter.Taxonomies.Tags {
+			tags.Add(strings.ToLower(tag))
+		}
 
-			log.Debug("rendering markdown in post", "post", pathFromRoot)
-			html, err := RenderMarkdown(content)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, nil, err
-			}
-			post := Post{
-				Input:      pathFromRoot,
-				Output:     output,
-				Basename:   filepath.Base(url),
-				URL:        url,
-				PostMatter: *matter,
-				Content:    html,
-			}
+		log.Debug("rendering markdown in post", "post", pathFromRoot)
+		html, err := RenderMarkdown(content)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+		post := Post{
+			Input:      pathFromRoot,
+			Output:     output,
+			Basename:   filepath.Base(url),
+			URL:        url,
+			PostMatter: *matter,
+			Content:    html,
+		}
 
-			posts = append(posts, post)
-		}
+		posts = append(posts, post)
 	}
 	slices.SortFunc(posts, func(a, b Post) int {
 		return b.Date.Compare(a.Date)

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ _, err := conf.Parse("VCS", vcsConfig) 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		_, err = vcs.CloneOrUpdate(vcsConfig)
+		builderConfig.Repository, err = vcs.CloneOrUpdate(vcsConfig)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ 		publicDir := filepath.Join(runtimeConfig.Root, "public")
 		builderConfig.Destination = publicDir
 		runtimeConfig.Root = publicDir
+	} else {
+		var err error
+		builderConfig.Repository, err = vcs.Open(".")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	config, err := cfg.GetConfig(builderConfig.Source)

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ "website/internal/config" 	"website/internal/log"
 
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
+	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/object"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
@@ -28,14 +29,12 @@ if err != nil { 		if !errors.Is(err, git.ErrRepositoryAlreadyExists) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		gr, err = git.PlainOpen(cfg.LocalPath)
+		repo, err := Open(cfg.LocalPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		repo := &Repository{
-			repo: gr,
-		}
-		_, err := repo.Update(cfg)
+
+		_, err = repo.Update(cfg)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -43,6 +42,16 @@ 		return repo, nil
 	}
 
+	return &Repository{
+		repo: gr,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func Open(path string) (*Repository, error) {
+	gr, err := git.PlainOpen(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	return &Repository{
 		repo: gr,
 	}, nil
@@ -101,3 +110,10 @@ } 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (r *Repository) FileLog(filename string) (object.CommitIter, error) {
+	return r.repo.Log(&git.LogOptions{
+		Order:    git.LogOrderCommitterTime,
+		FileName: &filename,
+	})
+}

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ "os" 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
-	"website/internal/log"
-
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
@@ -94,7 +92,7 @@ switch filepath.Ext(relPath) { 			case ".br", ".gz":
 				return nil
 			}
-			log.Debug("registering file", "urlpath", urlPath)
+			// log.Debug("registering file", "urlpath", urlPath)
 
 			return registerFile(urlPath, filePath)
 		}