now update variable to update the commit info in the footer

docs/commit_info.md

-## Latest Commit
-
-**Branch name:** main
-
-**Message:** Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main'
-
-
-**Author:** alexandre.caldato
-
-**Date:** 2023-06-01 19:13:51
-

docs/css/extra.css

+/* This is for the footer to stick at the bottom */
+html, body {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    min-height: 100vh;
+    margin: 0;
+}
+
+footer {
+    margin-top: auto;
+    width: 100%;
+    position: absolute;
+    bottom: 0;
+    font-weight: 500;
+}
+
+li {
+    list-style: none;
+}

dsfr_theme/main.html

+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block footer %}
+<div class="commit-info">
+    <ul>
+        <li>Branch: {{ config.extra.commit_info.branch }}</li>
+        <li>Message: {{ config.extra.commit_info.message }}</li>
+        <li>Author: {{ config.extra.commit_info.author }}</li>
+        <li>Date: {{ config.extra.commit_info.date }}</li>
+    </ul>
+</div>
+{% endblock %}

generate_commit_info.py

+import yaml
 from git import Repo
 
 
@@ -13,17 +14,16 @@ def get_git_commit_info(repo_path):
     }
 
 
-def generate_md_file(commit_info, output_file):
-    with open(output_file, 'w') as file:
-        file.write(f"## Latest Commit\n\n")
-        file.write(f"**Branch name:** {commit_info['branch']}\n\n")
-        file.write(f"**Message:** {commit_info['message']}\n\n")
-        file.write(f"**Author:** {commit_info['author']}\n\n")
-        file.write(f"**Date:** {commit_info['date']}\n\n")
+def write_commit_info_to_config(commit_info, config_file):
+    with open(config_file, 'r+') as file:
+        config = yaml.safe_load(file)
+        config['extra']['commit_info'] = commit_info
+        file.seek(0)
+        yaml.dump(config, file)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     repo_path = '.'
-    output_file = 'docs/commit_info.md'
+    config_file = 'mkdocs.yml'
     commit_info = get_git_commit_info(repo_path)
-    generate_md_file(commit_info, output_file)
+    write_commit_info_to_config(commit_info, config_file)

mkdocs.yml

-site_name: My Docs
+extra:
+  commit_info:
+    author: alexandre.caldato
+    branch: main
+    date: '2023-06-01 19:50:17'
+    message: 'add script to generate commit md file'
+extra_css:
+- css/extra.css
 nav:
-  - Home: index.md
-  - Latest Commit: commit_info.md
+- Home: index.md
+- Latest Commit: commit_info.md
+site_name: My Docs
+theme:
+  custom_dir: dsfr_theme
+  name: mkdocs