Have an 'old' mediawiki instance running off un-versioned code that you want to convert over to git? Here's a script that can help you get going. Note: it will DELETE all directories in your current working directory if they are NOT already git-managed. Use only if you know what you're doing!! Use it from inside your extensions directory
<source lang="bash">
#!/bin/bash
release="REL1_27"
git_root="https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki"
git_extension_root="${git_root}-extensions-"
extension_dir=`pwd`
for f in *; do
if [ -d ${f} ]; then
# Will not run if no directories are available
echo $f
cd $f
# check for .git directory
if [ -d ".git" ]; then
git fetch
git checkout $release
else
cd $extension_dir
rm -rf ./${f}
# when $f == 'Bootstrap' we want to clone the following: