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PSMWUpdater

This PowerShell Core (PS 6+) Module provides helper cmdlets helping you to upgrade MediaWiki extensions (including skins). (Sorry, no support for updating MediaWiki itself, for now.)

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Usage

You need to install PowerShell Core (pwsh) to use this module. See Installing various versions of PowerShell#PowerShell Core.

Install/Update this module with

PS> Install-Module -Name PSMWUpdater
# OR
PS> Update-Module -Name PSMWUpdater

Then import the module

PS> Import-Module PSMWUpdater

If there is no further error shown, you are now good to go.

You can always use the following command to explore the module and its cmdlets. It provides the most detailed explanations and samples.

# Show all cmdlets
PS> Get-Command -Module PSMWUpdater
# Show help for a cmdlet
PS> Help Get-MwExtension

Quick recipe

If you just want to get started downloading all the latest extensions really fast, try out the following one-liners:

# Donwload tar file for Vector skin and Echo extension on latest REL branch
PS> Get-MwExtensionBranch Vector, Echo | % { wget $_.Url }
# Download tar files for all the latest REL branch of extensions (and skins) referred in LocalSettings.php
PS> Get-MwExtension -LocalSettingsPath X:\mediawiki-1.33.0\LocalSettings.php -BareName | Get-MwExtensionBranch | % { wget $_.Url }
# Download tar files for all the MASTER branch of extensions (and skins) that exist in the MediaWiki installation directory 
PS> Get-MwExtension -InstallationPath X:\mediawiki-1.33.0\ -BareName | Get-MwExtensionBranch -Branch master | % { wget $_.Url }
# Download tar files for all the REL1_34 branch of extensions (excluding skins) that exist in the MediaWiki installation directory 
PS> Get-MwExtension -InstallationPath X:\mediawiki-1.33.0\ -Type Extension -BareName | Get-MwExtensionBranch -Branch REL1_34 | % { wget $_.Url }

Then you can just extract the tar files and place them in the suitable folders. Don't forget to run update.php after updating the extensions.

Query for extensions and skins

You may query for your current installed extension and skins with Get-MwExtension. For extensions downloaded from MediaWiki Special:ExtensionDistributor, you can see the branch and (SVC) revision information.

PS> Get-MwExtension /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/

Name                           Branch   Version  Revision RevisionTime              LocalPath
----                           ------   -------  -------- ------------              ---------
Extension:CategoryTree                                                              /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/CategoryTree
Extension:Cite                          1.0.0                                       /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/Cite
Extension:CiteThisPage                                                              /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/CiteThisPage
Extension:CodeEditor                                                                /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/CodeEditor
Extension:ConfirmEdit                   1.6.0                                       /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/ConfirmEdit
Extension:Gadgets                                                                   /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/Gadgets
Extension:ImageMap                                                                  /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/ImageMap
Extension:InputBox                      0.3.0                                       /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/InputBox
Extension:intersection         REL1_33  1.7.0    05edc37  2019/6/17 PM7:24:11       /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/intersection
Extension:Interwiki                     3.1 201…                                    /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/Interwiki
Extension:LocalisationUpdate            1.4.0                                       /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/LocalisationUpdate
Extension:MultimediaViewer                                                          /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/MultimediaViewer
Extension:Nuke                          1.3.0                                       /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/Nuke
Extension:OATHAuth                      0.2.2                                       /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/OATHAuth
Extension:ParserFunctions               1.6.0                                       /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/ParserFunctions
Extension:PdfHandler                                                                /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/PdfHandler
Extension:Poem                                                                      /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/Poem
Extension:Renameuser                                                                /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/Renameuser
Extension:Replace Text                  1.4.1                                       /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/ReplaceText
Extension:SpamBlacklist                                                             /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/SpamBlacklist
Extension:SyntaxHighlight               2.0                                         /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi
Extension:TitleBlacklist                1.5.0                                       /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/TitleBlacklist
Extension:WikiEditor                    0.5.2                                       /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/extensions/WikiEditor
Skin:MonoBook                                                                       /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/skins/MonoBook
Skin:Timeless                           0.8.1                                       /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/skins/Timeless
Skin:Vector                                                                         /mnt/x/mediawiki-1.33.0/skins/Vector

You may also query for a list of known extensions from WMF MediaWiki site.

PS> Get-MwExtension

Name
----
Extension:3D
Extension:AJAXPoll
Extension:AbsenteeLandlord
Extension:AbuseFilter
Extension:AbuseFilterBypass
Extension:AccessControl
Extension:AccountInfo
Extension:ActiveAbstract
Extension:AdManager
Extension:AddHTMLMetaAndTitle
Extension:AddMessages
Extension:AddPersonalUrls
Extension:AddThis
Extension:AdminLinks
Extension:AdvancedMeta
Extension:AdvancedSearch
Extension:AkismetKlik
Extension:AllTimeZones
...

You can append -Type Extension or -Type Skin to filter for the extensions or skins only.

Query for extension branches

You can query for the extension branches to retreive their download URL. Note that extension names are case-sensitive.

PS> Get-MwExtensionBranch -Name Vector, Echo

ExtensionName  BranchName Url
-------------  ---------- ---
Extension:Echo REL1_33    https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/extensions/Echo-REL1_33-f106596.tar.gz
Skin:Vector    REL1_33    https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/skins/Vector-REL1_33-878c1e8.tar.gz

If there is ambiguity on whether the extension is a skin, prefix the name in -Name parameter with Extension: or Skin:.

You can ask for a specific branch instead of latest REL branch.

PS> Get-MwExtensionBranch -Name Vector, Echo -Branch master

ExtensionName  BranchName Url
-------------  ---------- ---
Extension:Echo master     https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/extensions/Echo-master-4c991af.tar.gz
Skin:Vector    master     https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/skins/Vector-master-bf365aa.tar.gz

You can also ask for all the known branches.

PS> Get-MwExtensionBranch -Name Vector, Echo -AllBranches

ExtensionName  BranchName Url
-------------  ---------- ---
Extension:Echo REL1_31    https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/extensions/Echo-REL1_31-b56ec9b.tar.gz
Extension:Echo REL1_32    https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/extensions/Echo-REL1_32-335389f.tar.gz
Extension:Echo REL1_33    https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/extensions/Echo-REL1_33-f106596.tar.gz
Extension:Echo master     https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/extensions/Echo-master-4c991af.tar.gz
Extension:Echo source     https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/Echo.git
Skin:Vector    REL1_31    https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/skins/Vector-REL1_31-f0327dc.tar.gz
Skin:Vector    REL1_32    https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/skins/Vector-REL1_32-d3ed21a.tar.gz
Skin:Vector    REL1_33    https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/skins/Vector-REL1_33-878c1e8.tar.gz
Skin:Vector    master     https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/skins/Vector-master-bf365aa.tar.gz
Skin:Vector    source     https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/skins/Vector.git

Then you can use Invoke-WebRequest or wget to download the tar.gz files.

PS> Get-MwExtensionBranch -Name Vector, Echo | % { wget $_.Url }

Or use the following expression to download all the latest REL extensions for your local MediaWiki installation.

PS> Get-MwExtension ./mediawiki-1.33.0/ -NoEmpty -BareName | Get-MwExtensionBranch