diff --git a/Documentation/.gitignore b/Documentation/.gitignore
index a48448de32f98b1a054b36e886ea920bccebc494..649df89474d357ccc91109b5c35fe2d0910f968a 100644
--- a/Documentation/.gitignore
+++ b/Documentation/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ tmp-doc-diff/
 GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
 /.build/
 /GIT-EXCLUDED-PROGRAMS
+/asciidoc.conf
+/asciidoctor-extensions.rb
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index 0f55baa252fffbcd506f0c6f410b26b37f2e9b11..aac489d3b01e9ca08f24a7f604d4b8dae50860d6 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Import tree-wide shared Makefile behavior and libraries
 include ../shared.mak
 
+.PHONY: FORCE
+
 # Guard against environment variables
 MAN1_TXT =
 MAN5_TXT =
@@ -148,16 +150,12 @@ man5dir = $(mandir)/man5
 man7dir = $(mandir)/man7
 # DESTDIR =
 
-GIT_DATE := $(shell git show --quiet --pretty='%as')
-
 ASCIIDOC = asciidoc
 ASCIIDOC_EXTRA =
 ASCIIDOC_HTML = xhtml11
 ASCIIDOC_DOCBOOK = docbook
 ASCIIDOC_CONF = -f asciidoc.conf
-ASCIIDOC_COMMON = $(ASCIIDOC) $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) $(ASCIIDOC_CONF) \
-		-amanmanual='Git Manual' -amansource='Git $(GIT_VERSION)' \
-		-arevdate='$(GIT_DATE)'
+ASCIIDOC_COMMON = $(ASCIIDOC) $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) $(ASCIIDOC_CONF)
 ASCIIDOC_DEPS = asciidoc.conf GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
 TXT_TO_HTML = $(ASCIIDOC_COMMON) -b $(ASCIIDOC_HTML)
 TXT_TO_XML = $(ASCIIDOC_COMMON) -b $(ASCIIDOC_DOCBOOK)
@@ -210,6 +208,14 @@ ASCIIDOC_DEPS = asciidoctor-extensions.rb GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
 DBLATEX_COMMON =
 XMLTO_EXTRA += --skip-validation
 XMLTO_EXTRA += -x manpage.xsl
+
+asciidoctor-extensions.rb: asciidoctor-extensions.rb.in FORCE
+	$(QUIET_GEN)GIT_USER_AGENT="$(GIT_USER_AGENT)" $(SHELL_PATH) ../GIT-VERSION-GEN "$(shell pwd)/.." $< $@+
+	@if cmp $@+ $@ >/dev/null 2>&1; then $(RM) $@+; else mv $@+ $@; fi
+else
+asciidoc.conf: asciidoc.conf.in FORCE
+	$(QUIET_GEN)GIT_USER_AGENT="$(GIT_USER_AGENT)" $(SHELL_PATH) ../GIT-VERSION-GEN "$(shell pwd)/.." $< $@+
+	@if cmp $@+ $@ >/dev/null 2>&1; then $(RM) $@+; else mv $@+ $@; fi
 endif
 
 ASCIIDOC_DEPS += docinfo.html
@@ -364,7 +370,7 @@ manpage-cmd = $(QUIET_XMLTO)$(XMLTO) -m $(MANPAGE_XSL) $(XMLTO_EXTRA) man $<
 %.xml : %.txt $(ASCIIDOC_DEPS)
 	$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(TXT_TO_XML) -d manpage -o $@ $<
 
-user-manual.xml: user-manual.txt user-manual.conf asciidoctor-extensions.rb GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
+user-manual.xml: user-manual.txt user-manual.conf $(ASCIIDOC_DEPS)
 	$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(TXT_TO_XML) -d book -o $@ $<
 
 technical/api-index.txt: technical/api-index-skel.txt \
diff --git a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf.in
similarity index 97%
rename from Documentation/asciidoc.conf
rename to Documentation/asciidoc.conf.in
index f6da6d1fbd2b208b072c1158dfcfb29c6c01f93a..dbe36a52eabfabef59e31d3be6518549e4f90206 100644
--- a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
+++ b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf.in
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ tilde=&#126;
 apostrophe=&#39;
 backtick=&#96;
 litdd=&#45;&#45;
+manmanual='Git Manual'
+mansource='Git @GIT_VERSION@'
+revdate='@GIT_DATE@'
 
 ifdef::backend-docbook[]
 [linkgit-inlinemacro]
diff --git a/Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb b/Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb.in
similarity index 92%
rename from Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb
rename to Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb.in
index cb24480b63d2ecc5c4ef267f4c501da53fc5b5be..c4c200dace85cf0a89dbc0f54ef25e4d1b6fec4d 100644
--- a/Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb
+++ b/Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb.in
@@ -29,13 +29,9 @@ module Git
     class DocumentPostProcessor < Asciidoctor::Extensions::Postprocessor
       def process document, output
         if document.basebackend? 'docbook'
-          mansource = document.attributes['mansource']
-          manversion = document.attributes['manversion']
-          manmanual = document.attributes['manmanual']
           new_tags = "" \
-            "<refmiscinfo class=\"source\">#{mansource}</refmiscinfo>\n" \
-            "<refmiscinfo class=\"version\">#{manversion}</refmiscinfo>\n" \
-            "<refmiscinfo class=\"manual\">#{manmanual}</refmiscinfo>\n"
+            "<refmiscinfo class=\"source\">@GIT_VERSION@</refmiscinfo>\n" \
+            "<refmiscinfo class=\"manual\">Git Manual</refmiscinfo>\n"
           output = output.sub(/<\/refmeta>/, new_tags + "</refmeta>")
         end
         output
