extensions/README

   1 Extensions (such as the hieroglyphic module WikiHiero) are distributed
   2 separately. Drop them into this extensions directory and enable as
   3 per the extension's directions.
   4
   5 You can find a list of extensions and documentation on the MediaWiki website:
   6     https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Extensions
   7
   8
   9 If you are a developer, you want to fetch the extension tree in another
  10 directory and make a symbolic link:
  11
  12  mediawiki/extensions$ ln -s ../../extensions-trunk/FooBarExt
  13
  14 Most extensions are available through Git:
  15     https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/admin/projects/
  16     https://git.wikimedia.org/project/mediawiki
  17
  18 Old extensions are on Subversion:
  19     https://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/
  20
  21
  22 Please note that under POSIX systems (Linux...), parent of a symbolic path
  23 refers to the link source, NOT to the target! You should check the env
  24 variable MW_INSTALL_PATH in case the extension is not in the default location.
  25
  26 The following code snippet lets you override the default path:
  27
  28  $IP = getenv( 'MW_INSTALL_PATH' );
  29  if( $IP === false ) {
  30         $IP = __DIR__ . '/../..';
  31  }
  32  require_once "$IP/maintenance/Maintenance.php"; // a MediaWiki core file