Support configuration settings that are filesystem paths in extension.json
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	May 31 2015, 9:10 PM

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Some configuration settings are path based:

$wgTorOnionooCA = __DIR__ . "/torproject.crt";

$GLOBALS['wgBabelLanguageCodesCdb'] = __DIR__ . '/codes.cdb';
$GLOBALS['wgBabelLanguageNamesCdb'] = __DIR__ . '/names.cdb';

We should be able to indicate that these settings are path based, and set them appropriately.

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	registration: Support config setings that are relative paths	mediawiki/core	master	+44 -5

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Paladox created this task.May 31 2015, 9:10 PM

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Paladox merged a task: T100228: Support Getting directory in extension registration.Jun 2 2015, 11:29 PM

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Legoktm mentioned this in T133626: Allow adding metadata to config options in extension.json.May 5 2016, 3:09 AM

Oh yet, please. THis way, extensions could easily define their own services by adding a path to $wgExtensionWiringFiles.

I see two ways:

have a magic syntax for placeholders in strings, e.g. {{DIR}} or $DIR$ or something. That's convenient, but brittle.
have a special key, like _pathes, that enumerates all keys (or key-pathes) that should be treated as containing path based information.