diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/__fixtures__/simple-site/README.md b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/__fixtures__/simple-site/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7bbbdc9d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/__fixtures__/simple-site/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+A site fixture with files versioned on Git.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/__fixtures__/simple-site/blog/2025/blog2.md b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/__fixtures__/simple-site/blog/2025/blog2.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..957ede511e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/__fixtures__/simple-site/blog/2025/blog2.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Blog 2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/__fixtures__/simple-site/blog/blog1.md b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/__fixtures__/simple-site/blog/blog1.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3fc60acc30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/__fixtures__/simple-site/blog/blog1.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Blog 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/__fixtures__/simple-site/docs/_partials/somePartial.md b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/__fixtures__/simple-site/docs/_partials/somePartial.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f236098e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/__fixtures__/simple-site/docs/_partials/somePartial.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+This is a partial in file/folder starting with _:
+
+It should be excluded by default
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/__fixtures__/simple-site/docs/doc1.md b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/__fixtures__/simple-site/docs/doc1.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81289a604b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/__fixtures__/simple-site/docs/doc1.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Doc 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/__fixtures__/simple-site/docs/doc2.md b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/__fixtures__/simple-site/docs/doc2.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40675cc092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/__fixtures__/simple-site/docs/doc2.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Doc 2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/gitUtils.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/gitUtils.test.ts
index 7069dcbcd5..7aa00978de 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/gitUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/__tests__/gitUtils.test.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ function initializeTempRepo() {
 
 describe('getFileCommitDate', () => {
   const repoDir = initializeTempRepo();
+
   it('returns earliest commit date', async () => {
     await expect(
       getFileCommitDate(path.join(repoDir, 'test.txt'), {}),
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ describe('getFileCommitDate', () => {
       timestamp: new Date('2020-09-13').getTime(),
     });
   });
+
   it('returns latest commit date', async () => {
     await expect(
       getFileCommitDate(path.join(repoDir, 'test.txt'), {age: 'newest'}),
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ describe('getFileCommitDate', () => {
       timestamp: new Date('2020-11-13').getTime(),
     });
   });
+
   it('returns latest commit date with author', async () => {
     await expect(
       getFileCommitDate(path.join(repoDir, 'test.txt'), {
@@ -97,6 +100,7 @@ describe('getFileCommitDate', () => {
       author: 'Caroline',
     });
   });
+
   it('returns earliest commit date with author', async () => {
     await expect(
       getFileCommitDate(path.join(repoDir, 'test.txt'), {
@@ -119,6 +123,7 @@ describe('getFileCommitDate', () => {
       author: 'Josh-Cena',
     });
   });
+
   it('throws custom error when file is not tracked', async () => {
     await expect(() =>
       getFileCommitDate(path.join(repoDir, 'untracked.txt'), {
@@ -127,6 +132,7 @@ describe('getFileCommitDate', () => {
       }),
     ).rejects.toThrow(FileNotTrackedError);
   });
+
   it('throws when file not found', async () => {
     await expect(() =>
       getFileCommitDate(path.join(repoDir, 'nonexistent.txt'), {