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href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/et" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Download from Git/et (3% translated)" lang="et" dir="ltr">eesti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/es" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Descarga desde Git (100% translated)" lang="es" dir="ltr">español</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/fr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Télécharger à partir de Git (100% translated)" lang="fr" dir="ltr">français</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/gl" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Descargar desde Git (30% translated)" lang="gl" dir="ltr">galego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/ia" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Discargar de Git (15% translated)" lang="ia" dir="ltr">interlingua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/it" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Download da Git (100% translated)" lang="it" dir="ltr">italiano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/lt" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Atsiųsti iš Git (33% translated)" lang="lt" dir="ltr">lietuvių</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/hu" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Letöltés Gitről (100% translated)" lang="hu" dir="ltr">magyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/nb" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Last ned fra Git (10% translated)" lang="nb" dir="ltr">norsk bokmål</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/oc" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Telecargar a partir del Git (20% translated)" lang="oc" dir="ltr">occitan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/pl" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Pobierz z Git (84% translated)" lang="pl" dir="ltr">polski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/pt" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Transferir do Git (54% translated)" lang="pt" dir="ltr">português</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/pt-br" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Baixar do Git (97% translated)" lang="pt-BR" dir="ltr">português do Brasil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/ro" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Descarcă de pe Git (8% translated)" lang="ro" dir="ltr">română</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/scn" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Download di Git (33% translated)" lang="scn" dir="ltr">sicilianu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/sk" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Stažení z Gitu (2% translated)" lang="sk" dir="ltr">slovenčina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/fi" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Gitistä lataaminen (35% translated)" lang="fi" dir="ltr">suomi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/sv" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Ladda ned från Git (84% translated)" lang="sv" dir="ltr">svenska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/cs" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Stahování z Gitu (100% translated)" lang="cs" dir="ltr">čeština</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/el" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Μεταφόρτωση από Git (11% translated)" lang="el" dir="ltr">Ελληνικά</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/be-tarask" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Загрузка з Git (44% translated)" lang="be-tarask" dir="ltr">беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/bg" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Изтегляне от Git (53% translated)" lang="bg" dir="ltr">български</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/ru" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Скачать из Git (100% translated)" lang="ru" dir="ltr">русский</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/uk" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Завантажити з Git (85% translated)" lang="uk" dir="ltr">українська</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/he" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Download from Git/he (2% translated)" lang="he" dir="rtl">עברית</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/ar" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="التنزيل من Git (100% translated)" lang="ar" dir="rtl">العربية</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/sd" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="گِٽ تان اتاريو (25% translated)" lang="sd" dir="rtl">سنڌي</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/fa" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="بارگیری از گیت (16% translated)" lang="fa" dir="rtl">فارسی</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/anp" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Download from Git/anp (1% translated)" lang="anp" dir="ltr">अंगिका</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/hi" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="गिट से डाउनलोड करें (91% translated)" lang="hi" dir="ltr">हिन्दी</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/bn" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="গিট থেকে ডাউনলোড করুন (27% translated)" lang="bn" dir="ltr">বাংলা</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/pa" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Download from Git/pa (1% translated)" lang="pa" dir="ltr">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/si" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Download from Git/si (3% translated)" lang="si" dir="ltr">සිංහල</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/th" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="ดาวน์โหลดจาก Git (73% translated)" lang="th" dir="ltr">ไทย</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/my" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Download from Git/my (0% translated)" lang="my" dir="ltr">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/zh" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="从Git下载 (100% translated)" lang="zh" dir="ltr">中文</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/ja" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Git からのダウンロード (97% translated)" lang="ja" dir="ltr">日本語</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download_from_Git/ko" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="깃에서 다운로드 (78% translated)" lang="ko" dir="ltr">한국어</a></li></ul></div> <p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git" class="extiw" title="w:Git">Git</a></b> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_version_control" class="extiw" title="w:Distributed version control">distributed version control system</a>. It allows you to download the very latest version of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code" class="extiw" title="w:Source code">source code</a>, with all the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branching_(software)" class="extiw" title="w:Branching (software)">branches</a> and tagged releases at your disposal. </p><p>You should download from Git if you are a developer and want to <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit/Tutorial" title="Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit/Tutorial">submit patches</a>. </p><p>If you do <b>not</b> want to develop but only install MediaWiki and extensions, then <a href="/wiki/Download" title="Download">download stable tarball releases</a> instead. </p><p>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit" title="Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit">Git</a> for more details, particularly for making contributions. Below are some quick directions for a couple common tasks. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Prerequisites" data-mw-thread-id="h-Prerequisites"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Prerequisites"></span>Prerequisites<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Prerequisites"></span></h2></div> <p>You must have Git installed before you can use it. There are many ways to acquire Git, depending on your operating system. Follow <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit/Tutorial#Set_up_Git" title="Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit/Tutorial">Gerrit/Tutorial#Set up Git</a>, or use your favorite search engine. </p><p>It is recommended that you have <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Composer" title="Special:MyLanguage/Composer">Composer</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Composer" title="Composer"> </a></span> installed to download and install third party libraries, but not required. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki" data-mw-thread-id="h-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki"></span>Using Git to download MediaWiki<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Download" data-mw-thread-id="h-Download-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Download-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki"></span>Download<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Download-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki"></span></h3></div> <p>You can download MediaWiki core using Git, as well as all extensions currently installed on the Wikimedia Foundation server cluster and many other extensions hosted on <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/gerrit" title="Special:MyLanguage/gerrit">Gerrit</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Gerrit" title="Gerrit"> </a></span>. </p><p>The first step is to clone the MediaWiki core repository. This will take a while. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Download_for_development" data-mw-thread-id="h-Download_for_development-Download"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Download_for_development-Download"></span>Download for development<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Download_for_development-Download"></span></h4></div> <p>The latest development version of MediaWiki is tracked in the 'master' branch. </p><p>First make sure that you have created a <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Developer_account" title="Special:MyLanguage/Developer account">developer account</a>, so that you have an SSH username. </p><p>Then, in a terminal window, enter the following command to clone the repository: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>git<span class="w"> </span>clone<span class="w"> </span>https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/core.git<span class="w"> </span>mediawiki </pre></div> <p>This clones the entire MediaWiki core repository, synced to the master branch, into a sub-directory named <code>mediawiki</code>. </p><p>To install into a different directory, change that in the command line (for more info <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://git-scm.com/docs/git-clone">refer to these docs</a>). Once the repository is cloned, you can <a href="#Switching_to_a_different_version">switch to different branches or tags</a>. The development branch, <code>master</code>, is the cutting-edge, developer version of MediaWiki; you <b>should not use master code for production</b> under any circumstances as it is not considered stable. </p> <ul><li><a href="https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/core/%2B/HEAD/" class="extiw" title="git:mediawiki/core/+/HEAD/">View latest source code</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Download_a_stable_branch" data-mw-thread-id="h-Download_a_stable_branch-Download"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Download_a_stable_branch-Download"></span>Download a stable branch<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Download_a_stable_branch-Download"></span></h4></div> <p>If you do not want to develop software patches but want to anonymously clone the stable release branch 1.42, use this command instead: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>git<span class="w"> </span>clone<span class="w"> </span>https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/core.git<span class="w"> </span>--branch<span class="w"> </span>REL1_42<span class="w"> </span>mediawiki </pre></div> <p>If you have a slow internet connection and want to reduce the number of revisions that are cloned, add <code>--depth=1</code> to the <code>git clone</code> command. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="MediaWiki_tags_(stable_version)" data-mw-thread-id="h-MediaWiki_tags_(stable_version)-Download_a_stable_branch"><span id="MediaWiki_tags_.28stable_version.29"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-MediaWiki_tags_(stable_version)-Download_a_stable_branch"></span>MediaWiki tags (stable version)<span data-mw-comment-end="h-MediaWiki_tags_(stable_version)-Download_a_stable_branch"></span></h5></div> <p>Alternatively, specific stable versions of MediaWiki are tracked using 'tags'. These are analogous to the tarball releases. Currently, these are 1.42.3 (stable), 1.39.10 (<a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Version_lifecycle#Release_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Version lifecycle">LTS</a>) and 1.39.10 (legacy LTS). </p><p>You can see all available tags with: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>git<span class="w"> </span>tag<span class="w"> </span>-l<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">|</span><span class="w"> </span>sort<span class="w"> </span>-V </pre></div> <p>To use a specific tag, e.g. the latest stable release: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>git<span class="w"> </span>checkout<span class="w"> </span><span class="m">1</span>.42.3 </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Update_the_Git_submodules" data-mw-thread-id="h-Update_the_Git_submodules-Download"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Update_the_Git_submodules-Download"></span>Update the Git submodules<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Update_the_Git_submodules-Download"></span></h4></div> <p>The branches and tags have a <a class="external text" href="https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/core/+/refs/heads/REL1_42/.gitmodules">bunch of Git submodules</a> in them, for commonly-used extensions and skins and for the <code>vendor/</code> directory. The <code>master</code> branch does not have these. To update the submodules, run: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">cd</span><span class="w"> </span>mediawiki git<span class="w"> </span>submodule<span class="w"> </span>update<span class="w"> </span>--init<span class="w"> </span>--recursive </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fetch_external_libraries" data-mw-thread-id="h-Fetch_external_libraries-Download"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Fetch_external_libraries-Download"></span>Fetch external libraries<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Fetch_external_libraries-Download"></span></h4></div> <p>MediaWiki uses <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Composer" title="Special:MyLanguage/Composer">Composer</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Composer" title="Composer"> </a></span> to manage external PHP libraries, all of which end up in the <code>vendor/</code> directory in your MediaWiki directory. </p><p>To install these needed libraries, you have a choice: </p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#globally">Download and install the composer PHAR</a>, optionally rename the composer.phar file as instructed for your OS, and then run <code>composer update --no-dev</code> from your MediaWiki directory. <b>This is the recommended approach.</b> <ul><li>If the default PHP CLI version does not match the web server's PHP version, specify it with e.g. <code>php7.4 composer.phar update --no-dev</code>.</li></ul></li> <li>Or, if you don't want to use Composer or if you want to use the exact same set of vendor libraries as used on the WMF production cluster, you can instead create a <code>vendor/</code> directory inside the core folder of your MediaWiki installation:<br/><code>git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/vendor.git</code> <ul><li>Note that if any of your extensions have their own Composer requirements, then <b>you cannot use this option</b>.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Prior to MediaWiki 1.25, external libraries were kept in the core repository, and no package manager was required. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Keeping_up_to_date" data-mw-thread-id="h-Keeping_up_to_date-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Keeping_up_to_date-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki"></span>Keeping up to date<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Keeping_up_to_date-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki"></span></h3></div> <p>If you're using a particular branch or the development version ("master" branch) of MediaWiki, picking up the latest changes is relatively easy. Change into your MediaWiki clone directory and issue this command: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>git<span class="w"> </span>pull </pre></div> <p>All of the latest changes for the branch you are using will be applied. </p><p>The new version of core may require newer versions of extensions and skins, so you must go into each extension and skin directory and update it with a command like <code>git pull --recurse-submodules</code>. </p><p>You also need to update <code>vendor/</code> with any newer versions of required libraries. This often means running the following Composer command, but see <a href="#Fetch_external_libraries">#Fetch external libraries</a> above for more details: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>composer<span class="w"> </span>update<span class="w"> </span>--no-dev </pre></div> <p>After updating/upgrading the code and required libraries you should run the MediaWiki <code><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:update.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:update.php">update.php</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Update.php" title="Manual:Update.php"> </a></span></code> command-line script to update database tables as needed: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>php<span class="w"> </span>maintenance/run.php<span class="w"> </span>update </pre></div> <p>If you use <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki-Vagrant" title="Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki-Vagrant">MediaWiki-Vagrant</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki-Vagrant" title="MediaWiki-Vagrant"> </a></span>, it offers a single command, <code>vagrant git-update</code>, that performs all these steps. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Switching_to_a_different_version" data-mw-thread-id="h-Switching_to_a_different_version-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Switching_to_a_different_version-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki"></span>Switching to a different version<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Switching_to_a_different_version-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki"></span></h3></div> <p>Each of our versions are tracked as branches or tags. In order to switch to a different version (for example from the <code>master</code> branch to a different branch or tag), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Basic-Branching-and-Merging">checkout</a> the particular branch or tag you want from within your MediaWiki clone directory: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>git<span class="w"> </span>checkout<span class="w"> </span><branch_name> </pre></div> <p>or </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>git<span class="w"> </span>checkout<span class="w"> </span><tag_name> </pre></div> <p>The changes will be applied automatically and you will be all set to go. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki_extensions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki_extensions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki_extensions"></span>Using Git to download MediaWiki extensions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki_extensions"></span></h2></div> <p><a class="external text" href="https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/admin/repos/q/filter:mediawiki+extensions">List of extensions in git</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Download_an_extension" data-mw-thread-id="h-Download_an_extension-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki_extensions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Download_an_extension-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki_extensions"></span>Download an extension<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Download_an_extension-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki_extensions"></span></h3></div> <dl><dd><i>In the next commands, replace <code class="mw-highlight" style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="p">‎<</span><span class="nt">EXT</span><span class="p">></span></code> with the name of the extension you want to download, without spaces. For <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:TitleKey" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:TitleKey">Extension:TitleKey</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:TitleKey" title="Extension:TitleKey"> </a></span>, it would be TitleKey. (case sensitive!)</i></dd></dl> <p>Download and clone an extension from Git: </p><p>With your developer account, use these commands to get the master branch: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">cd</span><span class="w"> </span>/path/to/extensions git<span class="w"> </span>clone<span class="w"> </span>https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/<EXT> </pre></div> <p>To clone and checkout a stable release branch instead, use these commands: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">cd</span><span class="w"> </span>/path/to/extensions git<span class="w"> </span>clone<span class="w"> </span>https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/<EXT><span class="w"> </span>--branch<span class="w"> </span>REL1_42 </pre></div> <p>You can view extension source code in <a class="external text" href="https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/">Gerrit's gitiles</a> application, and at the URL: </p> <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;">https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/extensions/<EXT>/+/HEAD </pre> <p><br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Download_all_extensions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Download_all_extensions-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki_extensions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Download_all_extensions-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki_extensions"></span>Download all extensions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Download_all_extensions-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki_extensions"></span></h3></div> <p>If you prefer to have <i>all</i> MediaWiki extensions that are at gerrit.wikimedia.org checked out to your machine, enter the following: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>git<span class="w"> </span>clone<span class="w"> </span>https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions </pre></div> <p>Or, to checkout stable releases branch instead, use this command: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>git<span class="w"> </span>clone<span class="w"> </span>https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions<span class="w"> </span>--branch<span class="w"> </span>REL1_42 </pre></div> <p>After running the <code>git clone</code> command, continue with these commands: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">cd</span><span class="w"> </span>/path/to/extensions git<span class="w"> </span>submodule<span class="w"> </span>update<span class="w"> </span>--init<span class="w"> </span>--recursive </pre></div> <p>At any time, to update all extensions to their latest versions of that branch, enter: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">cd</span><span class="w"> </span>/path/to/extensions git<span class="w"> </span>pull git<span class="w"> </span>submodule<span class="w"> </span>update<span class="w"> </span>--init<span class="w"> </span>--recursive </pre></div> <p>To change to a different branch, such as after a new release: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>git<span class="w"> </span>submodule<span class="w"> </span>foreach<span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'git checkout -b REL1_41 origin/REL1_41 || :'</span> </pre></div> <p>Remember that you should only use versions of extensions from the same release as that version of MediaWiki and each other. </p><p>To track the master branch: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>git<span class="w"> </span>submodule<span class="w"> </span>foreach<span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'git checkout -b origin/master || :'</span> </pre></div> <p>Please note that <b>you should not use master code for production</b> under any circumstances as it is not considered stable. </p><p>If you only need a read-only checkout (for instance to grep or analyse all MediaWiki code), you can use the <a href="https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Shared_storage#/data/project/shared/mediawiki" class="extiw" title="wikitech:Help:Shared storage">shared MediaWiki checkout on Labs</a>, without downloading anything on your machines. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Remove_an_extension" data-mw-thread-id="h-Remove_an_extension-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki_extensions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Remove_an_extension-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki_extensions"></span>Remove an extension<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Remove_an_extension-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki_extensions"></span></h3></div> <ol><li>Remove the "<code>require_once …</code>" or "<code>wfLoadExtension( … )</code>" from <code>LocalSettings.php</code></li> <li>Remove any line referencing the extension in <code>composer.local.json</code> (usually in the "extra → merge-plugin → include" section)</li> <li>Remove the extension's directory in <code>install-dir/extensions/</code></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki_skins" data-mw-thread-id="h-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki_skins"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki_skins"></span>Using Git to download MediaWiki skins<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Using_Git_to_download_MediaWiki_skins"></span></h2></div> <dl><dd><a class="external text" href="https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/admin/repos/q/filter:mediawiki%252Fskins">List of skins in git</a></dd></dl> <p>MediaWiki 1.24 and later don't include skins in the Git download. </p><p>Follow the exact same procedure as for extensions (described in the previous section), but using <code>skins</code> rather than <code>extensions</code> in all URLs and paths. </p><p>Detailed installation instructions are available on each skin's page here on MediaWiki.org, for example see <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Skin:Vector#Installation" title="Special:MyLanguage/Skin:Vector">Skin:Vector#Installation</a>. 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