This page describes how to create patch files to upgrade DokuWiki from one Version to another. The advantage of that method is that it will keep modifications you may have made to the DokuWiki core code.
The following description assumes a Linux system. You may need to adjust it for different Operating Systems.
To create a patch file, you need to download two fresh, unmodified copies of DokuWiki. One matching the version you are currently running and one of the version you want to upgrade to.
Create a directory for temporary use, and change into it:
$> mkdir WikiUpgrade $> cd WikiUpgrade
Download the two versions of DokuWiki, your current and the version you desire to upgrade to
$> wget http://www.splitbrain.org/_media/projects/dokuwiki/dokuwiki-2005-07-01.tgz $> wget http://www.splitbrain.org/_media/projects/dokuwiki/dokuwiki-2005-07-13.tgz
Unpack tarballs:
$> tar -xzf dokuwiki-2005-07-01.tgz $> tar -xzf dokuwiki-2005-07-13.tgz
Now a patch can be created using the diff utility:
$> diff -Naur dokuwiki-2005-07-01 dokuwiki-2005-07-13 > doku.diff
To apply the patch file you created in the previous step, change into your real wiki directory and run the patch tool.
You may first want to do a test run to see if any conflicts may happen and what files are affected:
$> cd wiki $> patch -p1 <../doku.diff --dry-run patching file VERSION patching file conf/wordblock.conf patching file inc/actions.php patching file inc/io.php patching file inc/lang/cs/admin.txt patching file inc/lang/cs/admin_acl.txt patching file inc/lang/cs/lang.php patching file inc/lang/en/lang.php patching file inc/lang/no/lang.php patching file inc/parser/handler.php patching file inc/parser/xhtml.php patching file inc/template.php patching file lib/exe/spellcheck.php patching file lib/scripts/spellcheck.js
When you're happy, apply the patch:
$> patch -p1 <../doku.diff patching file VERSION patching file conf/wordblock.conf patching file inc/actions.php patching file inc/io.php patching file inc/lang/cs/admin.txt patching file inc/lang/cs/admin_acl.txt patching file inc/lang/cs/lang.php patching file inc/lang/en/lang.php patching file inc/lang/no/lang.php patching file inc/parser/handler.php patching file inc/parser/xhtml.php patching file inc/template.php patching file lib/exe/spellcheck.php patching file lib/scripts/spellcheck.js
Once patch is applied, do not forget to remove updgraded version's files_to_remove.