Drop support for 3.8 and 3.9

.github/workflows/scheduled_unittests.yml

@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         git config --global user.name "Github Action"
         git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
+        uv sync --upgrade
         uv run pytest
 

.github/workflows/unittests.yml

@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ jobs:
     name: Run unit tests
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     env:
-      USING_COVERAGE: '3.10'
+      USING_COVERAGE: '3.12'
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@master
 

.github/workflows/unittests_codecov.yml

@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ jobs:
     name: Run unit tests with codecov upload
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     env:
-      USING_COVERAGE: '3.10'
+      USING_COVERAGE: '3.12'
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@master
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -16,18 +16,17 @@ license = { text = "MIT" }
 description="Mkdocs plugin that enables displaying the localized date of the last git modification of a markdown file."
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 
-requires-python=">=3.8"
+requires-python=">=3.9"
 
 classifiers=[
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
 ]
 
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "babel>=2.7.0",
     "gitpython>=3.1.44",
     "mkdocs>=1.0",
-    "pytz>=2025.1",
+    "tzdata>=2023.3; sys_platform == 'win32'",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ dev-dependencies = [
     "mkdocs-gen-files>=0.5.0",
     "mkdocs-git-authors-plugin>=0.9.2",
     "mkdocs-material>=9.6.7",
-    "mkdocs-techdocs-core",
+    "mkdocs-techdocs-core>=1.0.0",
     "mkdocs-monorepo-plugin>=1.1.0",
     "mkdocs-static-i18n>=1.3.0",
     "pytest>=8.3.5",

tests/test_builds.py

@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ def validate_mkdocs_file(temp_path: str, mkdocs_yml_file: str):
     testproject_path = setup_clean_mkdocs_folder(mkdocs_yml_path=mkdocs_yml_file, output_path=temp_path)
     setup_commit_history(testproject_path)
     result = build_docs_setup(testproject_path)
-    assert result.exit_code == 0, f"'mkdocs build' command failed with output:\n{result.stdout}"
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, f"'mkdocs build' command failed with output:\n{result.stdout}\nReplicate with 'cd {testproject_path} && uv run mkdocs build'"
 
     # validate build with locale retrieved from mkdocs config file
     validate_build(testproject_path, plugin_config=get_plugin_config_from_mkdocs(mkdocs_yml_file))
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ def test_tags_are_replaced(tmp_path, mkdocs_file):
     testproject_path = setup_clean_mkdocs_folder(mkdocs_yml_path=f"tests/fixtures/{mkdocs_file}", output_path=tmp_path)
     setup_commit_history(testproject_path)
     result = build_docs_setup(testproject_path)
-    assert result.exit_code == 0, "'mkdocs build' command failed"
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, f"'mkdocs build' command failed with:\n{result.stdout}\nReplicate with 'cd {testproject_path} && uv run mkdocs build'"
 
     plugin_config = get_plugin_config_from_mkdocs(str(testproject_path / "mkdocs.yml"))
     tags_file = testproject_path / "site/page_with_tag/index.html"
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ def test_mkdocs_genfiles_plugin(tmp_path):
     )
     setup_commit_history(testproject_path)
     result = build_docs_setup(testproject_path)
-    assert result.exit_code == 0, f"'mkdocs build' command failed with {result.stdout}"
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, f"'mkdocs build' command failed with {result.stdout}\nReplicate with 'cd {testproject_path} && uv run mkdocs build'"
 
     # validate the build
     plugin_config = get_plugin_config_from_mkdocs(str(testproject_path / "mkdocs.yml"))
@@ -691,22 +691,22 @@ def test_monorepo_compat(tmp_path):
     testproject_path = setup_clean_mkdocs_folder("tests/fixtures/monorepo/mkdocs.yml", tmp_path)
     setup_commit_history(testproject_path)
     result = build_docs_setup(testproject_path)
-    assert result.exit_code == 0, f"'mkdocs build' command failed with:\n\n{result.stdout}"
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, f"'mkdocs build' command failed with:\n\n{result.stdout}\nReplicate with 'cd {testproject_path} && uv run mkdocs build'"
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform.startswith("win"), reason="monorepo plugin did not work for me on windows (even without this plugin)")
 def test_monorepo_compat_reverse_order(tmp_path):
     testproject_path = setup_clean_mkdocs_folder("tests/fixtures/monorepo/mkdocs_reverse_order.yml", tmp_path)
     setup_commit_history(testproject_path)
     result = build_docs_setup(testproject_path)
-    assert result.exit_code == 0, f"'mkdocs build' command failed with:\n\n{result.stdout}"
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, f"'mkdocs build' command failed with:\n\n{result.stdout}\nReplicate with 'cd {testproject_path} && uv run mkdocs build'"
 
 
 def test_genfiles_plugin(tmp_path):
     testproject_path = setup_clean_mkdocs_folder("tests/fixtures/basic_project/mkdocs_plugin_genfiles.yml", tmp_path)
     setup_commit_history(testproject_path)
 
     result = build_docs_setup(testproject_path)
-    assert result.exit_code == 0, f"'mkdocs build' command failed with:\n\n{result.stdout}"
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, f"'mkdocs build' command failed with:\n\n{result.stdout}\nReplicate with 'cd {testproject_path} && uv run mkdocs build'"
 
     page_with_tag = testproject_path / "site/foo/index.html"
     contents = page_with_tag.read_text(encoding="utf8")