From 4b4634385e460749473d3c9c85264d9466b9c3ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Buckley <chris@cmbuckley.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:18:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Custom git metadata plugin to get branch name (fixes #559)

---
 _includes/footer.html    | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 _plugins/git-metadata.rb | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 _plugins/git-metadata.rb

diff --git a/_includes/footer.html b/_includes/footer.html
index f087b8e8..f44916ff 100755
--- a/_includes/footer.html
+++ b/_includes/footer.html
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
-{%- capture edit_link -%}{% github_edit_link "source" %}{%- endcapture -%}
-{%- if page.paginated and paginator.page > 1 -%}
-  {%- assign first_page = site.pages | where_exp: 'p','p.paginated == true' | sort: 'path' | first -%}
-  {%- assign edit_link = edit_link | replace: page.path, first_page.path -%}
+{%- if site.git -%}
+  {%- comment %}If we have our git plugin, construct the source URL ourselves as we can be more sure of the branch{% endcomment -%}
+  {%- assign source_url = site.github.repository_url | append: '/blob/' | append: site.git.branch | append: '/' | append: page.path -%}
+{%- else -%}
+  {%- capture source_url -%}{% github_edit_link %}{%- endcapture -%}
+  {%- assign source_url = source_url | replace_first: '/edit/','/blob/' -%}
+
+  {%- if page.paginated and paginator.page > 1 -%}
+    {%- assign first_page = site.pages | where_exp: 'p','p.paginated == true' | sort: 'path' | first -%}
+    {%- assign source_url = source_url | replace: page.path, first_page.path -%}
+  {%- endif -%}
 {%- endif -%}
 <footer>
     <div class="container">
         <p class="copy">
             &copy; <a href="{{ site.github.owner_url }}/{{ site.github.owner_name }}.github.io#licence">{{ site.time | date: '%Y' }} {{ site.title }}</a>.
             <span class="powered">Powered by <a href="https://jekyllrb.com">Jekyll</a> / <a href="https://pages.github.com/">GitHub Pages</a>
-            <span class="source-link">({{ edit_link | replace_first: '/edit/','/blob/' }})</span></span>
+            <span class="source-link">(<a href="{{ source_url }}">source</a>)</span></span>
         </p>
 
         <div class="footer-links">
diff --git a/_plugins/git-metadata.rb b/_plugins/git-metadata.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3719a747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_plugins/git-metadata.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+module Jekyll
+  class GitMetadataGenerator < Generator
+    def generate(site)
+	  raise "Git is not installed" unless git_installed?
+
+      Dir.chdir(site.source) do
+        site.config['git'] ||= {}
+        site.config['git']['branch'] =  %x{ git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD }.strip
+      end
+    end
+
+    def git_installed?
+      system "git --version > /dev/null 2>&1"
+    end
+  end
+end