Wikimedia
Convert HTTP links to HTTPS in three MediaWiki extensions (IX)
This task is rather boring, but it can be a useful exercise to learn setting up and using Gerrit (our code review tool).
In many MediaWiki extension there are still some old http://
links to www.mediawiki.org
. They should use https://
instead.
- Clone the code repositories of the three MediaWiki extensions
mediawiki/extensions/TemplateSandbox
,mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase
andmediawiki/extensions/WikimediaEvents
. - Find all the
http
links to mediawiki.org and change them tohttps
- Note: Do not change values of namespace schema definitions (for example values for
xmlns
,xsi:schemaLocation
,targetNamespace
should not be changed).
- Note: Do not change values of namespace schema definitions (for example values for
- Submit two patches in Wikimedia Gerrit (one for each repository). See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit/Tutorial for how to set up Git and Gerrit. Make sure to follow https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit/Commit_message_guidelines and list the Phabricator ticket/bug
T189687
.
To find http
links, you can use
https://codesearch.wmflabs.org/search/?q=http%3A%2F%2F(www%5C.)%3Fmediawiki%5C.org&i=nope&files=&repos=
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