[Mediawiki-l] FileCheck extension probably a good idea for wikipedia and/or commons

[Brion Vibber]

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M Sz wrote:
> MediaWiki doesn't check back if a file already exists on uploading.
> Of course, it checks if a file with the same name already exists, but
> not the exact same file even if its saved under another name. So I
> have written the FileCheck extension. It uses the SHA1 hashcode
> MediaWiki saves with every file (since MediaWiki 1.11) in the
> database.

MediaWiki 1.13 (SVN trunk) already does this.

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