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Overwrote the changed files

The mail from Chad Horohoe didn't provide a patch file for updating from 1.27.2 to 1.27.3.

You can use the git pull command if you have SSH access (using putty, for example) to your mediawiki folder. More information can be found here.

I always use the complete tar archive and extract it over the old version. While this is not recommended for a major upgrade, this usually works just fine for minor upgrades like from 1.27.2 to 1.27.3.

Thanks for your suggestions!

I always use the patch like I described here - this works well and is very fast too.

In this case I downloaded both tar archives, extracted them, compared them with WinMerge and uploaded the changed files (only those). I didn't manage to create a patch file with WinMerge that would run without errors...