MediaWiki 1.30.2

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-Extensions (such as the hieroglyphic module WikiHiero) are distributed
-separately. Drop them into this extensions directory and enable as
-per the extension's directions.
+== User Information ==
 
-If you are a developer, you want to fetch the extension tree in another
-directory and make a symbolic link:
+Extensions are distributed separately. Drop them into this directory and enable
+as per the extension's installation instructions.
+
+You can find a list of extensions and documentation at
+<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Category:Extensions>.
 
- mediawiki/extensions$ ln -s ../../extensions-trunk/FooBarExt
+== Development Information ==
+
+If you are a developer, you might want to fetch the extension tree in another
+directory and make a symbolic link:
 
-The extensions are available through svn at:
-    http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/
+ mediawiki/extensions$ ln -s ../../extensions-trunk/FooBar
 
-You can find documentation and additional extensions on MediaWiki website:
-    http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Extensions
+Most extensions are available through Git:
+    https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MEXT/
 
 
 Please note that under POSIX systems (Linux...), parent of a symbolic path
 refers to the link source, NOT to the target! You should check the env
 variable MW_INSTALL_PATH in case the extension is not in the default location.
 
-The following code snippet let you override the default path: 
+The following code snippet lets you override the default path:
 
  $IP = getenv( 'MW_INSTALL_PATH' );
  if( $IP === false ) {
-       $IP = dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/../..';
+       $IP = __DIR__ . '/../..';
  }
- require( "$IP/maintenance/Maintenance.php" ); // a MediaWiki core file
+ require_once "$IP/maintenance/Maintenance.php"; // a MediaWiki core file