From bc9e135ab562b9c47b9789ff0f83bcb62fb4fdaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sebastien <lorber.sebastien@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 17:19:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] wire VCS initialize()

---
 packages/docusaurus/src/server/site.ts |  4 ++++
 website/vcs.ts                         | 15 +++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/site.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/site.ts
index ffd93f8e7c..b193e2a859 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/site.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/site.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ export async function loadContext(
     }),
   });
 
+  // Not sure where is the best place to put this VCS initialization call?
+  // The sooner is probably the better
+  initialSiteConfig.future.experimental_vcs.initialize({siteDir});
+
   const currentBundler = await getCurrentBundler({
     siteConfig: initialSiteConfig,
   });
diff --git a/website/vcs.ts b/website/vcs.ts
index 0c0e85dafc..1528d21ee0 100644
--- a/website/vcs.ts
+++ b/website/vcs.ts
@@ -160,10 +160,15 @@ function createCustomVcsConfig(): VcsConfig {
 
   return {
     initialize: ({siteDir}) => {
-      console.log('initializing custom site VCS config...');
-      getRepoInfoForFile(siteDir).catch((e) => {
-        console.error('Failed to read the Docusaurus Git repository info', e);
-      });
+      if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
+        // Only pre-init for production builds
+        getRepoInfoForFile(siteDir).catch((error) => {
+          console.error(
+            'Failed to initialize the custom Docusaurus site Git VCS',
+            error,
+          );
+        });
+      }
     },
 
     getFileCreationInfo: async (filePath: string) => {
@@ -171,6 +176,8 @@ function createCustomVcsConfig(): VcsConfig {
     },
 
     getFileLastUpdateInfo: async (filePath: string) => {
+      // TODO implement this too!
+
       return getRepoInfoForFile(filePath);
     },
   };