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                     <!-- Change unsecure base URL-->
			<update>
				<where>
					<field><![CDATA[path]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[web/unsecure/base_url]]></value>
				</where>
				<set>
					<field><![CDATA[value]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[{{base_url}}]]></value>
				</set>
			</update>

			<!-- Change secure base URL -->
			<update>
				<where>
					<field><![CDATA[path]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[web/secure/base_url]]></value>
				</where>
				<set>
					<field><![CDATA[value]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[{{base_url}}]]></value>
				</set>
			</update>

			<!-- Turn of New Relic so cache clears and reindexes dont get sent to the live monitoring -->
			<delete>
				<where>
					<field><![CDATA[path]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[newrelic/api/data_access_key]]></value>
				</where>
			</delete>

			<update>
				<where>
					<field><![CDATA[path]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[newrelic/settings/record_cache]]></value>
				</where>
				<set>
					<field><![CDATA[value]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[0]]></value>
				</set>
			</update>

			<update>
				<where>
					<field><![CDATA[path]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[newrelic/settings/record_index]]></value>
				</where>
				<set>
					<field><![CDATA[value]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[0]]></value>
				</set>
			</update>

			<!-- Turn of GA so it doesn't skew the stats for live -->
			
			<update>
			<where>
				<field><![CDATA[path]]></field>
				<value><![CDATA[google/analytics/active]]></value>
			</where>
			<set>
				<field><![CDATA[value]]></field>
				<value><![CDATA[0]]></value>
			</set>
			</update>

                        <!-- OR -->

			<!-- Switch Google Analytics Google API to staging account -->
			<update>
				<where>
					<field><![CDATA[path]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[google/analytics/account]]></value>
				</where>
				<set>
					<field><![CDATA[value]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[UA-44406630-1]]></value>
				</set>
			</update>

			<!-- Change contacts email address -->
			<update>
				<where>
					<field><![CDATA[path]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[contacts/email/recipient_email]]></value>
				</where>
				<set>
					<field><![CDATA[value]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[[email protected]]]></value>
				</set>
			</update>

			<!-- Change sales emails -->
			<update>
				<where>
					<field><![CDATA[path]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[sales_email/order/copy_to]]></value>
				</where>
				<set>
					<field><![CDATA[value]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[[email protected]]]></value>
				</set>
			</update>

			<!-- Enable Check/money order for easy checkout testing -->
			<update>
				<where>
					<field><![CDATA[path]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[payment/checkmo/active]]></value>
				</where>
				<set>
					<field><![CDATA[value]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[1]]></value>
				</set>
			</update>

			<!-- Increase admin lockout time which is very annoying -->
			<update>
				<where>
					<field><![CDATA[path]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[admin/security/lockout_threshold]]></value>
				</where>
				<set>
					<field><![CDATA[value]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[1680]]></value>
				</set>
			</update>

			<!-- Disable Automated Email Reminder Rules -->
			<update>
				<where>
					<field><![CDATA[path]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[promo/enterprise_reminder/enabled]]></value>
				</where>
				<set>
					<field><![CDATA[value]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[0]]></value>
				</set>
			</update>

			<!-- Changing search engine from Solr to MySql Fulltext so that reindexing on your local doesn't mess up the live indexes -->
			<update>
				<where>
					<field><![CDATA[path]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[catalog/search/engine]]></value>
				</where>
				<set>
					<field><![CDATA[value]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[catalogsearch/fulltext_engine]]></value>
				</set>
			</update>

			<!-- Clear Cookie Domain -->
			<delete>
				<where>
					<field><![CDATA[path]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[web/cookie/cookie_domain]]></value>
				</where>
                         </update>

<!-- disable css and js merging -->
            <update>
                <where>
                    <field><![CDATA[path]]></field>
                    <value><![CDATA[dev/js/merge_files]]></value>
                </where>
                <set>
                    <field><![CDATA[value]]></field>
                    <value>0</value>
                </set>
            </update>

            <update>
                <where>
                    <field><![CDATA[path]]></field>
                    <value><![CDATA[dev/css/merge_css_files]]></value>
                </where>
                <set>
                    <field><![CDATA[value]]></field>
                    <value>0</value>
                </set>
            </update>
		</core_config_data>

		<eav_entity_store>
			<!-- Change prefix for order id's so that if you're running a staging boker + j6 setup, j6 doesnt get confused about already existing order id's (who knows why) -->
			<update>
				<where>
					<field><![CDATA[store_id]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[1]]></value>
				</where>
				<set>
					<field><![CDATA[increment_prefix]]></field>
					<value><![CDATA[2]]></value>
				</set>
			</update>
		</eav_entity_store>

Just some example real world update settings I use in my projects, with the snapshot script