Template:Github/doc

This template provides an alternative to {{git file}} for linking to source code.

This uses the GitHub mirror instead of Diffusion the Gitblit server at git.wikimedia.org (WMF deprecated gitblit and git.wikimedia.org in 2015). Editors may find GitHub's interface more user-friendly, faster responding, visually appealing, or otherwise preferable. Compare:

• diffusion link ← {{git file|file=index.php|text=diffusion link|line=39|branch=REL1_25}}
• github link ← {{github|index.php|github link|line=39|branch=REL1_25}}

Usage

Basic

 {{github |file=composer.json }}
 {{github |repo=mediawiki-extensions-Flow |file=composer.json }}

produces:

composer.json

composer.json

Action

{{github |repo=mediawiki-extensions-EventLogging 
 |file=server/bin/eventlogging-devserver
 |text=development server | action=raw }}

produces:

development server

Line number

{{github |file=tests/phpunit/includes/MessageTest.php |line=152 }}

produces:

tests/phpunit/includes/MessageTest.php

A convenient way of linking to source code on GitHub.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
GitHub owner name	owner	The GitHub username of the user or organization that owns the repository Default wikimedia	String	optional
GitHub repository name	repo	Full repository name (e.g. "mediawiki" or "mediawiki-extensions-EventLogging"). Must not include any ".git" suffix. Default mediawiki	String	optional
GitHub repository action	action	A GitHub repo action. One of "blob", "raw", "blame", "commits", or "tree" Default blob	String	optional
GitHub branch	branch	Represents the git branch of the repository to view Default master Example REL1_34	String	optional
Absolute file path	file	Represents the full, absolute path to the file	String	required
Line number	line	Represents the line number to directly link to	Number	optional
Link label	text	Custom label for the link created by this template. Default The file path	String	optional

See also

• {{Git file}}
• {{Git}}
• {{GithubDownload}}