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'''This is a planning document'''
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'''The history of this page contains the details of the migration from mediawiki 1.18 svn to 1.20 git. The permanently relevant information has now been migrated to '''[[Mediawiki installation]]''' and '''[[Mediawiki maintenance]]'''.
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How-to is here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_Git . Checking extensions: Which extensions previously obtained from WMF-Subversion (i.e. excluding those we have in local SVN) are Not in the following list of git-migrated mediawiki extensions? https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/admin/projects/
 
How-to is here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_Git . Checking extensions: Which extensions previously obtained from WMF-Subversion (i.e. excluding those we have in local SVN) are Not in the following list of git-migrated mediawiki extensions? https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/admin/projects/
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* http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-checkout.html
 
* http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-checkout.html
 
* http://developer.imagej.net/using-git
 
* http://developer.imagej.net/using-git
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==Finding tags and branches==
  
 
HINT: to see available branches/tags:
 
HINT: to see available branches/tags:
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</syntaxhighlight>
 
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OR: Example "Thanks" extension:
===Preparations: Comparing 1.20 git-extensions with 1.18 and above, Nov. 2012===
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* https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/extensions/Thanks.git;a=heads
''' Local SVN are now in same folder as git checkout = OK'''
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* https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/extensions/Thanks.git;a=tags
* check what mediawiki svn extensions (e.g. still SMWAskAPI) have to be merged into our biowikifarm-local-svn management, to be updated later on along with all former svn extensions (e.g. MobileKeyV1, XMLTranslation).
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'''Manually copied''' i.e. now available in the 1.20git extension folder:
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* SMWAskAPI - only installed on offene-naturfuehrer = OK<br/>(subversion trunc (revision 19) was merged into our local-biowikifarm-svn)
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'''Missing but no longer used = OK'''
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* AddMediaWizard (no longer found by find/grep)
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* ArrayExtension replaced by extension: Arrays (all seem to be updated)
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* SyntaxHighlight (no longer used, all occurrences refer to SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi)
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'''Missing, now disabled in common/local settings = OK'''
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* Disabling MassEditRegex - Installed on all wikis, but not used because the currently installed version (r4) is not compatible with MediaWiki 1.18. We have tested this extension on 1.19 where it works. For some wikis this extension would be very useful.
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* Disabling MathStatFunctions - probably never used.
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* Disabling DynamicPageList - only installed 4 wiki, was deprecated a long time; all pages checked and function removed.
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* Disabling '''FileAttach:''' Used only as testing in testwikis, now removed there.
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''' THE FOLLOWING probably may have to be disabled when migrating:'''
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* MultipleUpload (also called MultiUpload) - only installed on OpenMedia, KeytoNature and OroWiki
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* jQueryMsg - installed on all wikis, but obsolete in v.1.20!!
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** http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Git/Conversion/Extensions_still_in_svn says "jQueryMsg - Abandoned - Available in Core"
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==Installing mediawiki from git (1.20 and later)==
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Main source: [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_Git mediawiki.org: Download from Git]. See also [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/admin/projects/ overview of wikimedia projects in Git].
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'''IMPORTANT CHANGE in comparison to earlier subversion setup: we directly clone all extensions into the /extension folder, instead of cloning elsewhere and then symlinking.'''
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: Memo: use "git tag -l | sort -V" um tags sortiert anzuzeigen
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===First installation only: Create git-clone on biowikifarm===
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A biowikifarm git-clone (normal, not bare) of the WMF core and extension repo is created.
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<syntaxhighlight lang="bash" style="font-size:105%">
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# 1. FIRST create a biowikifarm git-clone (non-bare) for mediawiki-core and mw-extensions (submodules):
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  cd /usr/share; sudo mkdir mw-wmf-clone; cd /usr/share/mw-wmf-clone
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  sudo git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/core.git core
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  sudo git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/extensions.git extensions
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  cd /usr/share/mw-wmf-clone/extensions; sudo git submodule update --init --recursive
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  # Note: with after init, one can use "git foreach". Example:
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  #  git submodule foreach 'echo $path `git rev-parse HEAD`'
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  #  will show the path and currently checked out commit for each submodule.
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</syntaxhighlight>
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===Update git and export version to folder===
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Core and extensions are exported by a tar archive export out of a git clone. This works for creating the first version as well as updating. (HINT: before starting the script do a sudo command, e.g. <code>sudo ls</code> so the bash prompt knows your password and you don't have to give your password over and over again)
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<syntaxhighlight lang="bash" style="font-size:105%;border-left:1px solid gray;padding-left:1em;">
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# 1. Update biowikifarm clone:
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cd /usr/share/mw-wmf-clone/core; sudo git fetch; cd ../extensions; sudo git pull; sudo git submodule update --init --recursive;
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# 2. Now export (git archive) a specific MediaWiki versions into other folders:
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wikipath="/usr/share/mediawiki20/"
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if ! [ -d "${wikipath}" ]; then sudo mkdir "${wikipath}"; fi
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cd /usr/share/mw-wmf-clone/core; sudo git archive 1.20.2 | sudo tar --extract --overwrite --directory="${wikipath}"
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  # Note: tar provides a "--recursive-unlink" option for extract, which removes the content of the target folder
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  #  However, our mediawiki installations require many additional files (svn, widget-right changes, smarty, commons-bot)
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  #  which would have to be manually restored. Therefore, do not use --recursive-unlink
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# 3. Same for extensions.
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# In list of extensions desired version is specified like the following examples:
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#  "SemanticMediaWiki"          → version HEAD + extension SemanticMediaWiki
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#  "tags/1.8, SemanticMediaWiki" → version  1.8 + extension SemanticMediaWiki
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EXTENSIONS="AccessControl
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AdminLinks
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APC
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Arrays
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ArticleFeedback
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ArticleFeedbackv5
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AssertEdit
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CategoryTree
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CentralAuth
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CentralNotice
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CharInsert
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CheckUser
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Cite
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cldr
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ClickTracking
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CodeEditor
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Collection
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ConditionalShowSection
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Configure
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ConfirmAccount
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ConfirmEdit
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ContactPage
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Contest
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ContributionReporting
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DataTransfer
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DiscussionThreading
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DismissableSiteNotice
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DoubleWiki
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DumpHTML
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DynamicPageList
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EmailCapture
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ExpandTemplates
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ExternalData
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FlaggedRevs
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FormPreloadPostCache
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Gadgets
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GlobalBlocking
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GlobalUsage
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GlobalUserGroups
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GraphViz
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HeaderTabs
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ImageMap
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InputBox
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Interlanguage
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intersection
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Interwiki
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LabeledSectionTransclusion
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LiquidThreads
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Lockdown
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Loops
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Maintenance
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tags/2.0.1, Maps
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Math
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MediaFunctions
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MobileFrontend
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MoodBar
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MwEmbedSupport
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MWSearch
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Nuke
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OAI
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OggHandler
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OpenID
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OpenSearchXml
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PagedTiffHandler
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ParserFunctions
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PdfHandler
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Persona
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Poem
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PrefSwitch
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ProofreadPage
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Quiz
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Renameuser
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ReplaceText
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RSS
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Scribunto
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tags/0.3.4, SemanticCompoundQueries
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tags/1.2.4, SemanticDrilldown
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tags/2.5.1, SemanticForms
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SemanticFormsInputs
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SemanticImageInput
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tags/0.7, SemanticInternalObjects
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tags/2.0, SemanticMaps
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tags/1.8, SemanticMediaWiki
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tags/1.8, SemanticResultFormats
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SemanticSignup
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SemanticWatchlist
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SimpleSurvey
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SocialProfile
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SpamBlacklist
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Sudo
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Suhosin
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SwiftCloudFiles
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SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi
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TimedMediaHandler
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TitleKey
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UploadLocal
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UploadWizard
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tags/0.5.1, Validator
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Variables
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Vector
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VipsScaler
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VisualEditor
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WebFonts
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Widgets
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Wikibase
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WikibaseSolr
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WikiEditor
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WikiLove
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WikimediaMessages"
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extPathTo=${wikipath}"extensions/"
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gitExt="/usr/share/mw-wmf-clone/extensions/"
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extUpdateStatus=""
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IFS=$'\n' # set bash's Internal Field Separator to newline (" " is default)
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for ext in $EXTENSIONS; do
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  # split line on ", ". If only one value, export HEAD, else first value is branch/tag. Example:
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  #  "tags/1.8, SemanticMediaWiki"
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  #      ↓            ↓
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  #  $cloneVersion  $extension
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  #  will export tag 1.8.
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  # --------------------------------------
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  # NOTE: check the line (similar to ternary operator: if condition ? dothis : dootherthings)
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  # $( … ) substitutes/returns the command's output
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  # → if ext-check-with-comma == ext then (&&) "HEAD" else (||) version-string
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  # ${ext%,*}    Deletes shortest match of substring ",*"  from back  of $ext
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  # ${ext##*,* } Deletes longest  match of substring "*,* " from front of $ext
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  # --------------------------------------
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  cloneVersion=$([ "${ext%,*}" == "$ext" ] && echo "HEAD" || echo "${ext%,*}")
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  extension=$([ "${ext%,*}" == "$ext" ] && echo "$ext" || echo "${ext##*,* }")
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  if [ ! -d "${gitExt}${extension}" ]; then
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    echo "${gitExt}${extension} DOES NOT EXIST, check the extension's name or path!! (extension was skipped)"
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  else
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    if [ ! -d "${extPathTo}${extension}" ]; then
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      sudo mkdir --parents "${extPathTo}${extension}"; extUpdateStatus="+"
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    else
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      extUpdateStatus="u"
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    fi
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    printf "git archive export: %1s %-30s %s\n" $extUpdateStatus $extension $cloneVersion
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    # EXAMPLE: sudo git archive --prefix=AdminLinks/ HEAD | sudo tar --extract --overwrite --directory=/usr/share/mediawiki20/extensions
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    cd "${gitExt}${extension}" && sudo git archive --prefix="${extension}/" $cloneVersion | sudo tar --extract --overwrite --directory="${extPathTo}"
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  fi
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done
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</syntaxhighlight>
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To update single extensions use (following some examples from recent uses):
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<syntaxhighlight lang="bash" style="margin-left:1.5em">
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cd /usr/share/mw-wmf-clone/extensions; sudo git pull; sudo git submodule update --init --recursive;
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cd /usr/share/mw-wmf-clone/extensions/MwEmbedSupport; sudo git archive --prefix=MwEmbedSupport/ HEAD | sudo tar --extract --overwrite --directory=/usr/share/mediawiki20/extensions
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cd /usr/share/mw-wmf-clone/extensions/Maps; sudo git archive --prefix=Maps/  tags/2.0.1 | sudo tar --extract --overwrite --directory=/usr/share/mediawiki20/extensions
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cd /usr/share/mw-wmf-clone/extensions/ConfirmAccount; sudo git archive --prefix=ConfirmAccount/  HEAD | sudo tar --extract --overwrite --directory=/usr/share/mediawiki20/extensions
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cd /usr/share/mw-wmf-clone/extensions/PrefSwitch; sudo git archive --prefix=PrefSwitch/  HEAD | sudo tar --extract --overwrite --directory=/usr/share/mediawiki20/extensions
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cd /usr/share/mw-wmf-clone/extensions/Vector; sudo git archive --prefix=Vector/  HEAD | sudo tar --extract --overwrite --directory=/usr/share/mediawiki20/extensions
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cd /usr/share/mw-wmf-clone/extensions/SemanticDrilldown; sudo git archive  --prefix=SemanticDrilldown/  HEAD | sudo tar --extract --overwrite --directory=/usr/share/mediawiki20/extensions
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#######################################
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# in most cases it is possible to delete extension first, HOWEVER SOME EXTENSIONS need special additions or configurations beyond git and will NOT WORK if deleted and checked out. Therefore, '''use the dangerous "delete-all-option" "--recursive-unlink" only if 100% that this is not the case for a given extension!'''
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extensionDestPath="/usr/share/mediawiki20/extensions"
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extensionSrcPath="/usr/share/mw-wmf-clone/extensions"
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extension="Vector"
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if ! [ -d "${extensionDestPath}/${extension}" ]; then
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  sudo mkdir -p "${extensionDestPath}/${extension}"
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fi
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cd "${extensionSrcPath}/${extension}"; sudo git archive HEAD | sudo tar --extract --overwrite --recursive-unlink --directory="${extensionDestPath}/${extension}"
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</syntaxhighlight>
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# 4.a ONLY FIRST TIME CREATION of SVN-Extensions:
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# Insert the local-svn-managed extensions into the same folder:
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# Note: www-data cannot create the folders, but must be able to write the updates (svn-post-commit hook) -> temp folder
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# Remaining Problem: when a new svn folder is added after this initial setup to the local subversion repo,
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#  that folder must manually chown to www-data; else svn co post-commit errors will occur.
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cd ${wikipath}
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sudo mkdir TEMP-LOCAL-svn; ## temp folder
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sudo svn checkout file:///var/lib/svn/LocalSVNextensions ./TEMP-LOCAL-svn
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sudo chown -R  www-data.www-data ./TEMP-LOCAL-svn
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sudo mv ./TEMP-LOCAL-svn/* ./extensions; sudo mv ./TEMP-LOCAL-svn/.svn ./extensions
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sudo rm ./TEMP-LOCAL-svn -r
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# 4.b LATER SVN-Extension UPDATING (required ALTERNATIVE to 4.a)
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# 3. Update from LOCAL-svn with:
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cd ${wikipath}extensions; sudo /usr/bin/svn update;
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# 5. Finishing touches. Widgets needs a writable folder:
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cd ${wikipath}
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sudo chown -R  www-data.www-data ./extensions/Widgets/compiled_templates;
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# Widgets does not contain all necessary code (-> Warning: require_once(/usr/share/mediawiki20/phase3/extensions/Widgets/smarty/Smarty.class.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory...)
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# In the absence of installation instructions, using previously saved code:
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sudo cp -r /usr/share/mw-missing-code/Widgets/smarty ./extensions/Widgets
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sudo cp -r /usr/share/mw-missing-code/Widgets/googlecode ./extensions/Widgets
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sudo mkdir /usr/share/mw-missing-code
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sudo mkdir /usr/share/mw-missing-code/Widgets
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sudo cp -r /usr/share/mediawikistaging/ext-tagged-release/Widgets/smarty /usr/share/mw-missing-code/Widgets
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sudo cp -r /usr/share/mediawikistaging/ext-tagged-release/Widgets/googlecode /usr/share/mw-missing-code/Widgets
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== NEW: Testing new wikis==
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<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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cd /var/www/testwiki_v20;        sudo -u www-data php ./maintenance/update.php  --quick --conf ./LocalSettings.php
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cd /var/www/testwiki_v20;        sudo -u www-data php ./maintenance/runJobs.php -v --procs 4 --conf ./LocalSettings.php
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## cd /var/www/v-practicalplants/w; sudo -u www-data php ./maintenance/update.php  --quick --conf ./LocalSettings.php
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sudo /usr/sbin/apache2ctl -k graceful  && sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart
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</syntaxhighlight>
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Test location is
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http://biowikifarm.net/test_v20/Main_Page
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(temp also: also http://biowikifarm.net/test_v18/Main_Page = test with normal staging version, just for identical web server setup)
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'''Possible errors that could be resolved (notes for migration of production wikis):'''
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* '''"Database returned error "1170: BLOB/TEXT column 'acr_email' used in key specification without a key length (localhost)"''' occurred in earlier test. This may or may not re-occur when migrating the production wikis!
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** creating a new db with all shared tables locally and a setting in LocalSettings: $wgSharedTables = array("interwiki"); did not help.
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** Changed field type, see [http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Extension_talk:ConfirmAccount&oldid=586787#SQL_Error_1170:_BLOB.2FTEXT_column_.27acr_email.27_used_in_key_specification_without_a_key_length_.28localhost.29]* ./maintenance/update.php running through.
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* Note: as of 2012-12-12: SemanticInternalObjects is now working.
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* SemanticForms was still breaking on main page and Special:Version with "Fatal error: Class 'SMWSQLStore3' not found in /usr/share/mediawiki20/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/includes/SMW_GlobalFunctions.php on line 286. This was caused by enabledSemantic not being properly called for this specific test wiki (the other wikis were ok, so it was a config error).
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* A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was:
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SELECT smw_id,smw_sortkey FROM `smw_object_ids` WHERE smw_title = 'Ns:widget' AND smw_namespace = '10' AND smw_iw = '' AND smw_subobject = '' LIMIT 1 from within function "SMWSql3SmwIds::getDatabaseIdAndSort". Database returned error "1146: Table 'testwiki20.smw_object_ids' doesn't exist (localhost)". FIXED WITH:
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cd /var/www/testwiki_v20
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sudo -u www-data php ./maintenance/runJobs.php -v --procs 4 --conf ./LocalSettings.php
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sudo -u www-data php ./extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/maintenance/SMW_refreshData.php -ftpv --conf ./LocalSettings.php
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sudo -u www-data php ./extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/maintenance/SMW_refreshData.php -v --conf ./LocalSettings.php
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sudo -u www-data php ./maintenance/runJobs.php -v --procs 4 --conf ./LocalSettings.php
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Testwiki 1.20 is working now.
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Latest revision as of 06:05, 15 April 2013

The history of this page contains the details of the migration from mediawiki 1.18 svn to 1.20 git. The permanently relevant information has now been migrated to Mediawiki installation and Mediawiki maintenance.


How-to is here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_Git . Checking extensions: Which extensions previously obtained from WMF-Subversion (i.e. excluding those we have in local SVN) are Not in the following list of git-migrated mediawiki extensions? https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/admin/projects/

Useful resources for understanding git checkout, head, detached head, --track:

Finding tags and branches

HINT: to see available branches/tags:

 git branch -r | sort --version-sort
 git tag -l | sort --version-sort

OR: Example "Thanks" extension: