The latest stable I ran was 1.26.something. I have since flipped over to running the latest wmf branch using strictly git and phabricator. Including ext and skins. So now I run versioning parallel to both mediawiki and wikipedia. I typically lag 1 day behind mediawiki. Yes, there's a couple of extra steps but for me, a single user wiki, I don't have any issues with it.
I do the git action in dir's outside the production root and then copy over to the root after a backup.
The link you reference has, I think, a better path/description for using git under the wmf/branches section. At least that's what connected the dots for me.
Typically when a wmf has been updated, the extensions will also reflect the updated versioning # even if the extension hasn't actually been updated. This is where I use phabricator and update as I want or need.
If your using composer, don't forget to update composer before running /maintenance/update.php else update will fail.
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On 8/25/2016 11:37 PM, Dr. Michael Bonert wrote:
Are there any thoughts on managing updates of Mediawiki with git?
I'm not a developer... but I have flirted with the idea a bit. I program occasionally here and there-- though my day job is totally unrelated.
I have played with git and I have a couple of Mediawiki installs that are running from installs via git. I like that I can roll forward and roll back easily.
Updates of the wiki in theory should be:
pathofwiki# git checkout 1.26.4 pathofwiki# php maintenance/update.php
What is opaque to me is the submodules.
The skins, extensions and external libraries have to be updated with two or three commands... this is missing. I think it stems from gaps in my knowledge about git.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_Git#Download_an_extension suggests:
cd path/to/extensions git pull git submodule update --init --recursive
If I try the above I get... cd path/to/extensions # git pull You are not currently on a branch. Please specify which branch you want to merge with. See git-pull(1) for details.
git pull <remote> <branch>
Branch info # git branch
- (detached from 1.26.4) master
# git submodule update --init --recursive seems to do nothing
Can someone enlighten me on this or point me to something like "git for amateurs"?
Thanks in Advance, Michael
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