Wikia/app — pull request #9 by relwell (2012-10-23 22:00:06+00:00)
Title: Bugid 51370

This changeset addresses the architectural disconnect between MediaWiki's Special:Version and our needs for Special:Version. Since this is something we are diverging from the foundation on, it would be best handled as an extension rather than a modification to core code.

An instance deployed on a devbox or sandbox should display the git branch name, since those instance will be linked to a Git repo. However, we use package-based deployment that doesn't rely on Git for our production application code. This requires DeployTools to write a file that is then consumed on the fly.

This extension minimally provides for both needs while positioning us to continue working on this component in our own way as needed.