Extension:SoftwareVersion

MediaWiki extensions manual

SoftwareVersion Release status: stable
Implementation	other (invalid type)
Description	Customizes Special:Version for ShoutWiki
Author(s)	Jack Phoenix Samantha Nguyen
Latest version	0.6.1 (2017-01-28)
MediaWiki	1.39.10+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Example	ShoutWiki
Parameters $wgSoftwareVersionExecutablePath
Hooks used SoftwareInfo
Quarterly downloads	0
Public wikis using	6,841 (Ranked 28th)
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The SoftwareVersion extension resets MediaWiki's version on Special:Version to $wgVersion and adds a new column into Special:Version with information about the current SVN revision.

This extension was written by Jack Phoenix for ShoutWiki. ShoutWiki used its own Subversion (SVN) repo instead of the official MediaWiki Subversion (at svn.wikimedia.org), and ShoutWiki wanted to display the current (internal) SVN revision on Special:Version and have it displayed on its own column instead of being displayed in the MediaWiki column; because code revision r1000 is different for the official MediaWiki SVN and ShoutWiki's internal SVN.

If the site's source code is running from SVN's trunk, the new column in Special:Version will show "trunk". If it's running from /tags/weekly/, it will show whatever is the name of the "branch". ShoutWiki had weekly releases tagged as /tags/weekly/release date, i.e. /tags/weekly/20101001, so the new column in Special:Version would display "20101001".

Installation

• You will want to customize the extension to remove the ShoutWiki references, because chances are that you're not running ShoutWiki's version of MediaWiki ;-)
• Download and move the extracted SoftwareVersion folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/SoftwareVersion
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'SoftwareVersion' );
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.