mw dev mediawiki exec

mw dev mediawiki exec [flags] [command...]

Runs a command in the MediaWiki container with the MediaWiki source directory as its working directory. Pass the command and its arguments after --; use --user to select the container user.

Options

-u, --user <string>

User to run as, defaults to current OS user uid:gid Default: 1000:1000.

Global options

-c, --context <string>

Development context to use (overrides CONTEXT) Default: default.

--help

Help for this command

--no-interaction

Do not ask any interactive questions

-v, --verbose <count>

Increase output verbosity. Example: --verbose=2 or -vv

Examples

mw dev mediawiki exec bash                                               # Run bash as your system user
mw dev mediawiki exec --user root -- bash                                # Run bash as root
mw dev mediawiki exec -- composer phpunit:unit                           # Run a composer command (php unit tests)
mw dev mediawiki exec -- composer phpunit tests/phpunit/unit/includes/xml/XmlTest.php                 # Run a single test
mw dev mediawiki exec -- MW_DB=other composer phpunit tests/phpunit/unit/includes/xml/XmlTest.php     # Run a single test for another database
mw dev mediawiki exec -- php maintenance/run.php update --quick          # Run a MediaWiki maintenance script
mw dev mediawiki exec -- tail -f /var/log/mediawiki/debug.log            # Follow the MediaWiki debug log file

See also

• mw dev mediawiki