diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9dc92780..08857236 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ pdf:
     image: registry.gitlab.com/etherlab.org/build-container-factory/leap-15.3:texlive
     script:
         - cd documentation
+        - git show -s --format="\def\revision{%h}\def\gitversion{%(describe)}\def\gitauthor{%an}\def\isodate#1-#2-#3x{\day=#3 \month=#2 \year=#1}\isodate %csx" HEAD > git.tex
         - make
         - make index
         - make
diff --git a/documentation/ethercat_doc.tex b/documentation/ethercat_doc.tex
index c2df2830..51205863 100644
--- a/documentation/ethercat_doc.tex
+++ b/documentation/ethercat_doc.tex
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 %
 %  IgH EtherCAT Master Documentation
 %
-%  $Id$
-%
 %  vi: spell spelllang=en tw=78
 %
 %------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -16,7 +14,6 @@
 \usepackage{makeidx}
 \usepackage[refpage]{nomencl}
 \usepackage{listings}
-\usepackage[nofancy]{rcsinfo}
 \usepackage{SIunits}
 \usepackage{amsmath} % for \text{}
 \usepackage{longtable}
@@ -58,7 +55,7 @@
 \newcommand{\IgH}{\raisebox{-0.7667ex}
   {\includegraphics[height=2.2ex]{images/ighsign}}}
 
-\rcsInfo $RCSId$
+\input{git}
 
 \newcommand{\masterversion}{1.5.2}
 \newcommand{\linenum}[1]{\normalfont\textcircled{\tiny #1}}
@@ -67,8 +64,8 @@
 \makenomenclature
 
 % Revision and date on inner footer
-\ifoot[\scriptsize\rcsInfoRevision, \rcsInfoDate]
-    {\scriptsize\rcsInfoRevision, \rcsInfoDate}
+\ifoot[\scriptsize\gitversion, \today]
+    {\scriptsize\gitversion, \date}
 
 %------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -92,8 +89,8 @@
     \url{fp@igh.de}\\[1ex] Ingenieurgemeinschaft \IgH}
 
     \vspace{\fill}
-    {\Large Essen, \rcsInfoLongDate\\[1ex]
-      Revision \rcsInfoRevision}
+    {\Large Essen, \today\\[1ex]
+      Revision \gitversion}
   \end{center}
 \end{titlepage}
 
diff --git a/documentation/ethercat_doc_fr.tex b/documentation/ethercat_doc_fr.tex
index 62196f4f..37989aae 100644
--- a/documentation/ethercat_doc_fr.tex
+++ b/documentation/ethercat_doc_fr.tex
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 %
 %  IgH EtherCAT Master Documentation (French version)
 %
-%  $Id$
-%
-%  vi: spell spelllang=en tw=78
+%  vi: spell spelllang=fr tw=78
 %
 %------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -17,7 +15,6 @@
 \usepackage{makeidx}
 \usepackage[refpage]{nomencl}
 \usepackage{listings}
-\usepackage[nofancy]{rcsinfo}
 \usepackage{SIunits}
 \usepackage{amsmath} % for \text{}
 \usepackage{longtable}
@@ -59,7 +56,7 @@
 \newcommand{\IgH}{\raisebox{-0.7667ex}
   {\includegraphics[height=2.2ex]{images/ighsign}}}
 
-\rcsInfo $RCSId$
+\input{git}
 
 \newcommand{\masterversion}{1.5.2}
 \newcommand{\linenum}[1]{\normalfont\textcircled{\tiny #1}}
@@ -68,8 +65,8 @@
 \makenomenclature
 
 % Revision and date on inner footer
-\ifoot[\scriptsize\rcsInfoRevision, \rcsInfoDate]
-    {\scriptsize\rcsInfoRevision, \rcsInfoDate}
+\ifoot[\scriptsize\gitversion, \today]
+    {\scriptsize\gitversion, \today}
 
 %------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -93,8 +90,8 @@
     \url{fp@igh.de}\\[1ex] Ingenieurgemeinschaft \IgH}
 
     \vspace{\fill}
-    {\Large Essen, \rcsInfoLongDate\\[1ex]
-      R\'evision \rcsInfoRevision}
+    {\Large Essen, \today\\[1ex]
+      R\'evision \gitversion}
 
     \vspace{\fill} {\Large Traduit en fran\c{c}ais par S\'ebastien BLANCHET }