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diff --git a/extensions/README b/extensions/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..66236e851488 --- /dev/null +++ b/extensions/README @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +Extensions (such as the hieroglyphic module WikiHiero) are distributed +separately. Drop them into this extensions directory and enable as +per the extension's directions. + +If you are a developer, you want to fetch the extension tree in another +directory and make a symbolic link: + + mediawiki/extensions$ ln -s ../../extensions-trunk/FooBarExt + +The extensions are available through Git: + https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/admin/projects/ + +or Subversion: + https://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/ + +You can find documentation and additional extensions on MediaWiki website: + https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Extensions + + +Please note that under POSIX systems (Linux...), parent of a symbolic path +refers to the link source, NOT to the target! You should check the env +variable MW_INSTALL_PATH in case the extension is not in the default location. + +The following code snippet lets you override the default path: + + $IP = getenv( 'MW_INSTALL_PATH' ); + if( $IP === false ) { + $IP = __DIR__ . '/../..'; + } + require_once( "$IP/maintenance/Maintenance.php" ); // a MediaWiki core file |