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Adding a git repository

If your documentation is related to source code, Material for MkDocs provides the ability to display information to the project's repository as part of the static site, including statistics like stars and forks. Furthermore, certain documents can be linked to specific source files.

Configuration

In order to display a link to the repository of your project as part of your documentation, set repo_url in mkdocs.yml to the public URL of your repository, e.g.:

repo_url: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material

The link to the repository will be rendered next to the search bar on big screens and as part of the main navigation drawer on smaller screen sizes. Additionally, for GitHub and GitLab, the number of stars and forks is automatically requested and rendered for public repositories.

Repository name

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MkDocs will infer the source provider by examining the URL and try to set the repository name automatically. If you wish to customize the name, set repo_name in mkdocs.yml:

repo_name: squidfunk/mkdocs-material

Repository icon

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While the default repository icon is a generic git icon, it can be set to any icon bundled with the theme by referencing a valid icon path in mkdocs.yml:

theme:
  icon:
    repo: fontawesome/brands/git-alt

Some popular repository icons:

• :fontawesome-brands-git: – :fontawesome-brands-git:

• :fontawesome-brands-git-square: – :fontawesome-brands-git-square:

• :fontawesome-brands-github: – :fontawesome-brands-github:

• :fontawesome-brands-github-alt: – :fontawesome-brands-github-alt:

• :fontawesome-brands-github-square: – :fontawesome-brands-github-square:

• :fontawesome-brands-gitlab: – :fontawesome-brands-gitlab:

• :fontawesome-brands-gitkraken: – :fontawesome-brands-gitkraken:

• :fontawesome-brands-bitbucket: – :fontawesome-brands-bitbucket:

• :fontawesome-solid-trash: – :fontawesome-solid-trash:

Edit button

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If the repository URL points to a GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket repository, an edit button is displayed at the top of each document. This behavior can be changed by setting edit_uri in mkdocs.yml:

=== "Customize edit path"

``` yaml
edit_uri: edit/master/docs/
```

=== "Hide edit button"

``` yaml
edit_uri: ""
```