Patch Command

This page shows how to use the patch command in CLI

Example using MediaWiki patch files to update minor versions of MediaWiki.

A small patch file is usually made available for a minor version upgrade. Manually download and extract the patch file from the dumps site or follow the directions with wget below. Patches are incremental, you can not skip a version.

cd to your main MediaWiki directory (the one with LocalSettings.php)

Download the patch file and gunzip it. gunzip mediawiki-x.xx.x.patch.gz

Use patch -p1 --dry-run to check what will be changed (e.g., patch -p1 --dry-run -i mediawiki-x.xx.x.patch)

If all is well, run patch again without --dry-run.

Check your Special:Version and you should see the new version number in place.