Manual:reassignEdits.php

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.6

MediaWiki file: reassignEdits.php
Location:	maintenance/
Source code:	master • 1.37.2 • 1.36.4 • 1.35.6
Classes:	ReassignEdits

Details

reassignEdits.php file is a maintenance script to reassign edits from a user or IP address to another user.

Options/Arguments

Option/Argument	Description	Required?
<from>	username or IP address to assign edits from	Required
<to>	username to assign edits to	Required
--force	reassign even if the target user doesn't exist	Optional
--norc	don't update the recent changes table	Optional
--report	print out details of what would be changed, but don't update it	Optional
--quiet	don't print status information (except for errors)	Optional

Usage

php maintenance/reassignEdits.php <from> <to> [ --force| --norc| --report| --quiet ]

Terminal

$ php maintenance/reassignEdits.php "0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1" "Foo"

Checking current edits...found 13.
Checking deleted edits...found 0.
Checking recent changes...found 16.

Total entries to change: 29

Reassigning current edits...done.
Updating recent changes...done.

Spaces inside a username must be replaced with underscores ( _ ).

See also

• Extension:Renameuser
• Extension:ReassignEdits
• Extension:ChangeAuthor