prep: Support `--reference` argument for user-supplied git reference dir
Allow the user to maintain a local git clone of mediawiki/core for
more efficient continuous cloning. This is especially useful for CI
jobs.
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Allow the user to maintain a local git clone of mediawiki/core for
more efficient continuous cloning. This is especially useful for CI
jobs.