https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18485
Summary: 'SVN blame' for WMF config files would be nice
Product: Wikimedia
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: General/Unknown
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Of course, it's not practical to *actually* commit our LocalSettings,
InitialiseSettings, etc, files to SVN. However, it would still be invaluable
to have some kind of diff system to see more clearly when things were changed,
who added what, etc. Currently all we have are code comments, which vary
greatly in completeness and utility.
The server admin log (http://wikitech.wikimedia.org/view/Server_admin_log) is
already updated entirely by a bot, and it recognises and records when config
files are updated. Couldn't that bot also save a copy of the updated file to
another page on wikitech.wikimedia.org? That is, could the bot maintain a page,
http://wikitech.wikimedia.org/view/InitialiseSettings.php, to contain the
current version of the config file, thereby adding all the associated wiki
bells and whistles: history, diffs, etc?? So every time the live config is
updated, the bot makes the same changes to the corresponding page on wikitech.
Does that make sense?
Assigning to Domas since it says he runs User:More bots on wikitech.
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