diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/docs.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/docs.test.ts
index acf3c089d6..13c9718045 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/docs.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/docs.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   posixPath,
   DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID,
   getLocaleConfig,
-  VCS_HARDCODED_LAST_UPDATE_INFO,
+  DEFAULT_TEST_VCS_CONFIG,
 } from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {getTagsFile} from '@docusaurus/utils-validation';
 import {createSidebarsUtils} from '../sidebars/utils';
@@ -529,8 +529,8 @@ describe('simple site', () => {
         custom_edit_url: 'https://github.com/customUrl/docs/lorem.md',
         unrelated_front_matter: "won't be part of metadata",
       },
-      lastUpdatedAt: VCS_HARDCODED_LAST_UPDATE_INFO.timestamp,
-      lastUpdatedBy: VCS_HARDCODED_LAST_UPDATE_INFO.author,
+      lastUpdatedAt: DEFAULT_TEST_VCS_CONFIG.LAST_UPDATE_INFO.timestamp,
+      lastUpdatedBy: DEFAULT_TEST_VCS_CONFIG.LAST_UPDATE_INFO.author,
       tags: [],
       unlisted: false,
     });
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ describe('simple site', () => {
         },
         title: 'Last Update Author Only',
       },
-      lastUpdatedAt: VCS_HARDCODED_LAST_UPDATE_INFO.timestamp,
+      lastUpdatedAt: DEFAULT_TEST_VCS_CONFIG.LAST_UPDATE_INFO.timestamp,
       lastUpdatedBy: 'Custom Author (processed by parseFrontMatter)',
       sidebarPosition: undefined,
       tags: [],
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/lastUpdateUtils.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/lastUpdateUtils.test.ts
index ee3f31947c..bf7820d6b8 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/lastUpdateUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/lastUpdateUtils.test.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import {readLastUpdateData} from '../lastUpdateUtils';
-import {
-  VcsHardcoded,
-  VCS_HARDCODED_UNTRACKED_FILE_PATH,
-  VCS_HARDCODED_LAST_UPDATE_INFO,
-} from '../vcs/vcsHardcoded';
+import {DEFAULT_TEST_VCS_CONFIG} from '../vcs/vcs';
 
 import type {FrontMatterLastUpdate} from '../lastUpdateUtils';
 
@@ -28,7 +24,7 @@ describe('readLastUpdateData', () => {
       filePath,
       options,
       lastUpdateFrontMatter,
-      VcsHardcoded,
+      DEFAULT_TEST_VCS_CONFIG,
     );
   }
 
@@ -37,7 +33,7 @@ describe('readLastUpdateData', () => {
       lastUpdateFrontMatter: FrontMatterLastUpdate | undefined,
     ) {
       return readData(
-        VCS_HARDCODED_UNTRACKED_FILE_PATH,
+        DEFAULT_TEST_VCS_CONFIG.UNTRACKED_FILE_PATH,
         {showLastUpdateAuthor: true, showLastUpdateTime: true},
         lastUpdateFrontMatter,
       );
@@ -73,7 +69,7 @@ describe('readLastUpdateData', () => {
       {date: testDate},
     );
     expect(lastUpdatedAt).toEqual(testTimestamp);
-    expect(lastUpdatedBy).toBe(VCS_HARDCODED_LAST_UPDATE_INFO.author);
+    expect(lastUpdatedBy).toBe(DEFAULT_TEST_VCS_CONFIG.LAST_UPDATE_INFO.author);
   });
 
   it('read last author show author time', async () => {
@@ -83,7 +79,9 @@ describe('readLastUpdateData', () => {
       {author: testAuthor},
     );
     expect(lastUpdatedBy).toEqual(testAuthor);
-    expect(lastUpdatedAt).toBe(VCS_HARDCODED_LAST_UPDATE_INFO.timestamp);
+    expect(lastUpdatedAt).toBe(
+      DEFAULT_TEST_VCS_CONFIG.LAST_UPDATE_INFO.timestamp,
+    );
   });
 
   it('read last all show author time', async () => {
@@ -120,7 +118,7 @@ describe('readLastUpdateData', () => {
       {showLastUpdateAuthor: true, showLastUpdateTime: false},
       {date: testDate},
     );
-    expect(lastUpdatedBy).toBe(VCS_HARDCODED_LAST_UPDATE_INFO.author);
+    expect(lastUpdatedBy).toBe(DEFAULT_TEST_VCS_CONFIG.LAST_UPDATE_INFO.author);
     expect(lastUpdatedAt).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
@@ -140,7 +138,7 @@ describe('readLastUpdateData', () => {
       {showLastUpdateAuthor: true, showLastUpdateTime: false},
       {},
     );
-    expect(lastUpdatedBy).toBe(VCS_HARDCODED_LAST_UPDATE_INFO.author);
+    expect(lastUpdatedBy).toBe(DEFAULT_TEST_VCS_CONFIG.LAST_UPDATE_INFO.author);
     expect(lastUpdatedAt).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
@@ -161,7 +159,9 @@ describe('readLastUpdateData', () => {
       {author: testAuthor},
     );
     expect(lastUpdatedBy).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(lastUpdatedAt).toEqual(VCS_HARDCODED_LAST_UPDATE_INFO.timestamp);
+    expect(lastUpdatedAt).toEqual(
+      DEFAULT_TEST_VCS_CONFIG.LAST_UPDATE_INFO.timestamp,
+    );
   });
 
   it('read last author show time only - both front matter', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/vcs.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/vcs.ts
index 979be29d30..b9dab81877 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/vcs.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/vcs/vcs.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import {VcsHardcoded} from './vcsHardcoded';
+import {
+  VCS_HARDCODED_CREATION_INFO,
+  VCS_HARDCODED_LAST_UPDATE_INFO,
+  VCS_HARDCODED_UNTRACKED_FILE_PATH,
+  VcsHardcoded,
+} from './vcsHardcoded';
 import {VcsGitAdHoc} from './vcsGitAdHoc';
 import {VscGitEager} from './vcsGitEager';
 import {VcsDisabled} from './vcsDisabled';
@@ -40,4 +45,10 @@ export function getVcsPreset(presetName: VcsPreset): VcsConfig {
   }
 }
 
-export const DEFAULT_TEST_VCS_CONFIG: VcsConfig = VcsHardcoded;
+// Convenient export for writing unit tests depending on VCS
+export const DEFAULT_TEST_VCS_CONFIG = {
+  CREATION_INFO: VCS_HARDCODED_CREATION_INFO,
+  LAST_UPDATE_INFO: VCS_HARDCODED_LAST_UPDATE_INFO,
+  UNTRACKED_FILE_PATH: VCS_HARDCODED_UNTRACKED_FILE_PATH,
+  ...VcsHardcoded,
+};