Template talk:ExtensionInstall

Misleading for developers, just use git
Pointing developers to Special:ExtensionDistributor is a bad idea if the extension has a git repository, and I think all the extensions it supports have one. Developers want the latest code, and want to be set up for git updates. ExtensionDistributor seems to just get a tagged release from github, so you might as well use git and pick a tag or branch.

One approach is to check out a particular branch of core, then use  to get all the extensions that WMF uses (whether or not you deploy them all), then check out master of particular extensions you're developing: -- S Page (WMF) (talk) 04:15, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I updated the template to tell developers to use git clone instead. -- S Page (WMF) (talk) 04:23, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I've added the parameter "repo-name" to the template, to be filled with the git repository name for the extension. When filled, it generates the "git clone" command to be used. --LFS (talk) 20:52, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

different names and different names for php files
hi please add support for extension with different name for the extensions and different names for the php file please for example wikibase has three main files it has repo and lib and client. 86.135.250.146 18:54, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

__DIR__, $IP or nothing
I noticed that the $IP has been replaced by __DIR__, allegedly because it's the "preferred way". But isn't it just the same to omit $IP or __DIR__ altogether? Are there some cases in which they may become necessary? --LFS (talk) 20:28, 9 February 2014 (UTC)