finished basic about page, and including 15 recent commits by default

main.py

@@ -134,6 +134,38 @@ def login():
 
     return render_template("login.html", form=form)
 
+################################################################################
+# simple about route/page that shows build date and because Prod version is 
+# Docker built, it picks up a git log for displaying recent commits
+################################################################################
+@app.route('/about')
+@login_required
+def about():
+    commits=[]
+    try:
+        with open( 'internal/git-log.txt', 'r' ) as fp:
+            can_add=False
+            for l in fp:
+                if l.startswith( 'commit' ) or l.startswith( 'Author:' ):
+                    pass
+                elif l.startswith( 'Date:' ):
+                    if can_add:
+                        commits.append(o)
+                    o={}
+                    o['date']=l.replace("Date: ", "")
+                    o['str']=''
+                    can_add=True
+                else:
+                    o['str']=o['str']+l
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        o={}
+        o['date']="No known date"
+        o['str']='No commits to display (if this is DEV then last build is now)'
+
+    # add last commit (or fake commit if no file)
+    commits.append(o)
+    return render_template("about.html", commits=commits)
+
 @app.route('/logout')
 @login_required
 def logout():
@@ -163,4 +195,3 @@ def _jinja2_filter_parentpath(dn):
     s+=1
     f=username.index(',')
     return username[s:f]
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