diff --git a/PyTeX/format/enums.py b/PyTeX/format/enums.py
index f4ac1b0..367c61d 100644
--- a/PyTeX/format/enums.py
+++ b/PyTeX/format/enums.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from enum import Enum
 
+from PyTeX.format.macros import MacroReplacementAtomIF
+
 
 class NamingScheme(Enum):
     prepend_author = 0
@@ -54,3 +56,24 @@ class TeXFlavour(Enum):
             raise NotImplementedError
         else:
             return switcher[flavour]
+
+
+class FormatterProperty(MacroReplacementAtomIF, Enum):
+    author = 'author'
+    shortauthor = 'shortauthor'
+    date = 'date'
+    year = 'year'
+    version = 'version',
+    source_file_name = 'source_file_name'
+    name = 'name'  # class or package name
+    repo_version = 'repo_version'
+    pytex_version = 'pytex_version'
+
+
+class Argument(MacroReplacementAtomIF, Enum):
+    one = 1
+    two = 2
+    three = 3
+    four = 4
+    five = 5
+    six = 6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/PyTeX/format/macros.py b/PyTeX/format/macros.py
index 70c4c4e..8af2455 100644
--- a/PyTeX/format/macros.py
+++ b/PyTeX/format/macros.py
@@ -1,35 +1,14 @@
 import re
-from enum import Enum
 from typing import List, Union
 
 from .constants import *
+from .enums import FormatterProperty, Argument
 
 
 class MacroReplacementAtomIF:
     pass
 
 
-class FormatterProperty(MacroReplacementAtomIF, Enum):
-    author = 'author'
-    shortauthor = 'shortauthor'
-    date = 'date'
-    year = 'year'
-    version = 'version',
-    file_name = 'file_name'
-    name = 'name'  # class or package name
-    repo_version = 'repo_version'
-    pytex_version = 'pytex_version'
-
-
-class Argument(MacroReplacementAtomIF, Enum):
-    one = 1
-    two = 2
-    three = 3
-    four = 4
-    five = 5
-    six = 6
-
-
 class MacroReplacement:
     def __init__(
             self,
diff --git a/PyTeX/format/pytex_formatter.py b/PyTeX/format/pytex_formatter.py
index 1d9267f..e278285 100644
--- a/PyTeX/format/pytex_formatter.py
+++ b/PyTeX/format/pytex_formatter.py
@@ -4,17 +4,18 @@ from typing import Optional
 
 from .constants import *
 from .formatterif import FormatterIF
-from .formatting_config import FormattingConfig
+from .formatting_config import FormattingConfig, GitVersionInfo
 from .generic_text import GenericText
 from ..logger import logger
 from abc import ABC
-
+from .enums import *
 
 class PyTeXFormatter(FormatterIF, ABC):
     def __init__(
             self,
             input_file: Optional[Path] = None,
             config: Optional[FormattingConfig] = None,
+            git_version_info: Optional[GitVersionInfo] = None,
             locate_file_config: bool = True,
             allow_infile_config: bool = True
     ):
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ class PyTeXFormatter(FormatterIF, ABC):
             config=config
         )
         self._config: Optional[FormattingConfig] = self._config  # for type-hinting
-        self._allow_infile_config = allow_infile_config
+        self._git_version_info: Optional[GitVersionInfo] = git_version_info
+        self._allow_infile_config: bool = allow_infile_config
         self._header: Optional[GenericText] = None
         if locate_file_config:
             file_config = self.parse_file_config()
@@ -117,6 +119,17 @@ class PyTeXFormatter(FormatterIF, ABC):
 
         return self._header
 
+    @property
+    def attribute_dict(self) -> Dict:
+        return {
+            FormatterProperty.author.value: self.config.author,
+            FormatterProperty.shortauthor.value: '',
+            FormatterProperty.version.value: self.config.version,
+            FormatterProperty.source_file_name.value: self._input_file.name,
+            FormatterProperty.name.value: '',
+        }
+    # TODO
+
     def make_header(self, **kwargs) -> str:
         return '\n'.join(
             [