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It has no effect :-)

What effect does using git to download MediaWiki core have on non-MediaWiki files and directories? Currently I download the tarball, then copy extensions, skins, and some non-MediaWiki files (e.g. favicon.ico) and directories across. I guess git would have no effect on these other directories, but want to check before I start using it. I use git already for extensions and it works fine. Incidentally, the non-Mediawiki files and directories are present because I use short URLs without "/wiki/" or "/w/" in the URL. Thanks in advance. ~~~~

Using git for downloading / upgrading MediaWiki is perfectly fine, I use this on my development versions. Files and directories not present on the git repository won't cause any problem

Cheers!