A LocalSettings.php file must be in the current directory, but it can
include more files from wherever you like.
Just as Wikimedia Foundation does for our own sites, you can store the bulk
of the config in another directory that has its own version control
repository.
for example:
w/LocalSettings.php:
<?php include '../config/LocalSettings.php'
config/LocalSettings.php:
<?php /* blah blah blah */
-- brion
On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 6:51 PM, Kevin Owen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I'm trying to figure out a way to version control any configuration changes
> we make to our wiki installation so it's easy to a) upgrade versions, b)
> revert if we need to undo something, c) maybe one day have a development
> site to verify functionality when upgrading, etc. The problem is, it seems
> impossible to track it all in an elegant, simple manner.
>
> The first and main issue is with LocalSettings.php. This is not tracked in
> the main git repository, which I totally understand and am not here to
> start an argument over that. Rather, I'd like a way to track changes to
> that, perhaps in its own repository and not have it accidentally disappear
> if I try to checkout a different branch of the main repository. Currently,
> it's in its own private git repository ".gitlocal", which means to handle
> it, all my commands are "git --git-dir=.gitlocal ...". This works, I guess,
> but it's not ideal.
>
> Anyway, I've looked into a lot of options (submodules, subtrees, you name
> it), but everything appears to only work with subdirectories, and mediawiki
> clearly states that the LocalSettings.php file MUST be in the same
> directory as everything else. Also, trying to handle the main mediawiki
> repository as a subtree or otherwise trying to merge a branch just simply
> doesn't work.
>
> TL;DR Basically what I want is to be able to open up a bash shell in the
> wiki directory and say "hey, Git, mind grabbing me this version of
> mediawiki, and also this version of my LocalSettings file, and these
> versions of my extensions?" and have it reply "sure, buddy, here ya go!"
>
> Sorry for the life story, hopefully someone has some thoughts, or at least
> questions I can answer that might make this make a little more sense :)
>
> Cheers,
> Kevin
>
> --
> Kevin Owen
> Senior Engineer in Research
> Operations Group, Lurie Nanofabrication Facility
> University of Michigan
> (734) 545-4014
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