Right now we extract revision numbers from the .svn directories for display on Special:Version for core & extensions.
This should be modified to use git commit hashes. Using the first 6 characters is the accepted shorthand and would suffice for display purposes.
Version: unspecified
Severity: normal
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | None | T33217 MediaWiki bugs to be fixed for 1.19wmf1 deployment (tracking) | |||
| Resolved | hashar | T36420 Special:Version should use git |
(In reply to comment #1)
Including the date would be more useful?
If that's feasible, sure :) If we're going to have links to gitweb or whatever other repo viewer we use then we'll need the commit hashes for linking anyway.