Drupal Update Procedures

Updating Drupal Core

In git, checkout to a new branch.
- The naming convention should be core-update-8.x.x.
In terminal, navigate to the 'drupal root'.
In terminal, run drush upc drupal.
After this has run, check both the .htaccess file and robots.txt file to make sure that none of your changes have been overwritten.
Commit all of the files to git and label the commit appropriately.
Apply any core patches that live in the patches folder, commit those as a single commit.
From 'drupal root', reinstall composer manager and run composer drupal-update.
- The script will take a while to run, so get a coffee.
Commit all composer updates as a single commit.

In git, checkout to a new branch.
- The naming convention should be *module*-update-8.x.x.
In terminal, navigate to the 'drupal root'.
In terminal, run drush dl *module*.
Commit all of the files to git and label the commit appropriately.
Apply any patches for the module you just updated that live in the patches folder, commit those as a single commit.
From the 'drupal root', run composer drupal-update.
- The script will take a while to run, so get a coffee.
Commit all composer updates as a single commit.