Manual:Null revision

A null revision is a special type of page revision that occurs only with specific types of actions performed on pages or their revisions. In the database, the null revision has the same revision.rev_text_id as its parent. It causes the log event to be displayed in the page history.

A null revision may be created through RevisionStore::newNullRevision() or PageUpdater::setForceEmptyRevision() .

Actions that create null revisions

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  • Imports
  • Page moves
  • Page protection, unprotection, or changing protection level

Actions that do not create null revisions

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In these cases, revision rows are created with new ids.

  • Changing visibility of deletions (RevisionDelete )
  • Merges
  • Page deletions
  • Page restorations
  • Patrol events

See also

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