User:Novem Linguae/Essays/Deployment notes

To deploy a gadget means to run a script that takes its code from GitHub and writes it to the corresponding MediaWiki:Gadget- pages on enwiki.

AFCH

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Helper script/Deploying

Twinkle

• https://github.com/wikimedia-gadgets/twinkle/blob/master/DEVELOPER.md#work-instruction

XFDcloser

• sync your forked github to main github using github's web interface
• git checkout master
• git pull
• bump version number
  • node bin/version --bump --patch - bug fixes
  • node bin/version --bump --minor - features
  • node bin/version --bump --major - UI rewrite, shifting coding paradigms
• create PR, squash and merge
• sync your forked github to main github using github's web interface
• npm run build - takes 1 minute. minifies, runs tests, etc.
• First time:
  • Special:BotPasswords
  • create credentials.json with { "username": "", "password": "" }
• node bin/deploy.js (this is to deploy the beta version. a bunch of people use the beta version so don't skip this step)
  • Wikipedia subdomain: en
  • Beta deployment: y
  • Edit summary message:  
  • Press enter to start deploying
• node bin/deploy.js (now do it again. this is to deploy the regular version)
  • Wikipedia subdomain: en
  • Beta deployment: n
  • Edit summary message:  
  • Press enter to start deploying