Template:MediaWikiHook

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Usage notes
{	"params": { "templatemode": { "description": "Set to nocats if hook documentation should not appear in standard MediaWiki Categories. By default, using this temmplate places the documentation page into categories: MediaWiki hooks Hooks added in MediaWiki... There are times when it is undesirable to automatically categorize the hook documentation. Examples would include when documenting a hook in an extension, or when documenting the template itself.", "label": "Template mode" },		"name": { "description": "The name of the hook. This is usually the same name as the sub-page.", "label": "Name" },		"version": { "description": "The version of MediaWiki this hook was first introduced in.", "suggested": true, "label": "Version" },		"removed": { "description": "If the hook has been removed, the version of MediaWiki that it was removed in.", "type": "string", "label": "Version removed" },		"newvarname": {}, "newvarlink": {}, "deprecated": { "description": "If the hook has been deprecated (but not removed), the version of MediaWiki that it was deprecated in.", "label": "Version deprecated" },		"rev": { "description": "SVN revision in which this hook was first introduced. If this parameter is given, it'll link to the appropriate CodeReview page (e.g. Special:Code/MediaWiki/1).", "label": "SVN revision introduced" },		"gerrit": { "description": "Gerrit change number in which this hook was first introduced. If this parameter is given, it'll link to the appropriate Gerrit changeset page (e.g. Gerrit change 1)", "suggested": true, "label": "Gerrit changeset" },		"summary": { "description": "A short description of the hook's purpose. More detailed descriptions are desirable, and should be added to the main page content. If you update the short description, please also update the two tables on Manual:Hooks.", "required": true, "label": "Summary" },		"args": { "description": "The arguments, as used at the top of the function.", "required": true, "label": "Arguments" },		"extension": { "label": "Extension" },		"source": { "description": "Location (file name) which calls this hook in the code. Further locations can be added via source2...source10.", "suggested": true, "label": "File source" },		"source2": { "label": "File source 2" },		"source3": { "label": "File source 3" },		"source4": { "label": "File source 4" },		"source5": { "label": "File source 5" },		"source6": { "label": "File source 6" },		"source7": { "label": "File source 7" },		"source8": { "label": "File source 8" },		"source9": { "label": "File source 9" },		"source10": { "label": "File source 10" },		"sourcefunction": { "description": "Name of the function which calls this hook. Another can be added via sourcefunction2.", "suggested": true, "label": "Function source" },		"sourceclass": { "description": "Name of the class which calls this hook.", "suggested": true, "label": "Class source" },		"sourcefunction2": { "label": "Function source 2" }	},	"format": "block", "description": "A card which describes the information of a MediaWiki-registered hook.", "paramOrder": [ "templatemode", "name", "version", "removed", "newvarname", "newvarlink", "deprecated", "rev", "gerrit", "summary", "args", "extension", "source", "source2", "source3", "source4", "source5", "source6", "source7", "source8", "source9", "source10", "sourcefunction", "sourcefunction2", "sourceclass" ] }

Finding a hook's version and Gerrit ID
To populate the   and   attributes of this template, you may need to search the history of the  file.


 * 1) ( From the top-level of a Git clone of MediaWiki source code )
 * 2) Find the oldest commit to   that mentions the hook:
 * 3) Find its Gerrit ID:
 * 4) Copy the change-id from the log entry into the Gerrit search box
 * 5) Select the relevant change, and get its ID
 * 6) Find out what release the hook was first included in:
 * 1) Select the relevant change, and get its ID
 * 2) Find out what release the hook was first included in:

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