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Remove use of UserRights hook when UserGroupsChanged hook is available
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As of https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/236043/ the UserRights hook is deprecated in favor of the new UserGroupsChanged hook.

The differences from UserRights to UserGroupsChanged are:

  • $user is passed by value, not by reference.
  • UserGroupsChanged is called for autopromote-once groups (e.g. 'autopatrolled' on Wikivoyage or 'uploader' on ruwiki).

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Change 240144 had a related patch set uploaded (by Legoktm):
Use UserGroupsChanged hook instead of deprecated UserRights hook

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/240144

Change 240144 merged by jenkins-bot:
Use UserGroupsChanged hook instead of deprecated UserRights hook

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/240144

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