Sphinx - Add Create/Modify Timestamps (SEE LINK FOR GIT-REPO)

sphinx_create_modify_timestamps.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# FOR GIT SUPPORT: https://gist.github.com/NiceRath/0f1e20bef3d0eea993f7439bc8fc96e6
# NOTE: you might need to change '/contentinfo\">' to whatever element you want to append the timestamps to

set -e

cd "$(dirname "$0")"

rm -rf build
mkdir -p build

sphinx-build -b html source/ build/

function add_timestamps() {
  src_file="$1"
  file_base="$(echo "$src_file" | cut -d '/' -f 2- | sed 's|\.md||g' | sed 's|\.rst||g')"
  dst_file="build/${file_base}.html"

  if [[ "$src_file" == '' ]]
  then
    echo "FILE NOT FOUND: ${dst_file} (TIMESTAMPS)"
    return
  fi
  if [[ ! -f "$src_file" ]]
  then
    echo "FILE NOT FOUND: ${src_file} (TIMESTAMPS)"
    return
  fi
  if [[ ! -f "$dst_file" ]]
  then
    echo "FILE NOT FOUND: ${dst_file} (TIMESTAMPS)"
    return
  fi

  create_date="$(stat -c '%w' "$src_file" | cut -d '.' -f1)"
  update_date="$(stat -c '%y' "$src_file" | cut -d '.' -f1)"

  sed -i "/contentinfo\">/a <p><b>Created</b>: ${create_date}</p>" "$dst_file"
  sed -i "/contentinfo\">/a <p><b>Changed</b>: ${update_date}</p>" "$dst_file"
}

echo '### ADD CREATE/CHANGE TIMESTAMPS ###'
export -f add_timestamps

find source/ -name '*.md' -exec bash -c 'add_timestamps "$0"' {} \;
find source/ -name '*.rst' -exec bash -c 'add_timestamps "$0"' {} \;