For ExtensionDistributor to provide git metadata, we need to be able to
store the cache file inside the extension directory itself. The GitInfo
class will now first check if the $wgGitInfoCacheDirectory is populated,
otherwise it will fallback to "$extensionDir/gitinfo.json".
Bug: T122769
Change-Id: Ib3457589ca6899925ae4610cfcdae22af8eaaaeb
Support reading git repository information from a JSON file in the cache
directory. When present, this file serves to provide information needed
by getHead, getHeadSHA1, getHeadCommitDate, getCurrentBranch and a new
getRemoteUrl method. A GitInfo::precomputeValues method is also provided
which can generate the cache file for a given GitInfo instance.
This support can be combined with a deployment step to reduce the need
to repeatedly gather information from the .git files/git binary. It also
allows computing information that can be lost when directory structures
differ between deployment staging hosts and hosts running MediaWiki.
This change also adds memoization of computed values for a given GitInfo
instance which may provide a small performance boost even for
deployments which are not using precomputed cache files.
Bug: 53972
Change-Id: I66e058acc5a71e5d82644f85d819f49d6ee9d1e6
