upgrade selectively from 2.0.18.9 to 2.0.18.10

jackmaessen

For a couple of weeks ago i upgraded 2.0.18.9 to 2.0.18.10. But in the past, i made manually some changes in the core files. ( i now know that it was not very wise to do that). So there where some things that have gone wrong in the layout and functionality. And ofcourse stupid, i can not remember anymore in which files i made the changes. I now downgraded back to 2.0.18.9. (restore backup). But ofcourse i need the security update. Can someone tell me how to selectivley upgrade to 2.0.18.10 without replacing all the core files?
Which files do i have to replace? Or which lines of code do i have to change in which files?

hgtonight

Do a folder diff of your current install against a downloaded version. This should pinpoint all the changes you made.

Roll those changes into your theme/theme hooks.

I know you don't want to hear this, but not hacking the core gives you a clean upgrade path and prevent this situation from repeating itself.

Alternatively, diff the two tags on github and apply the changes.

businessdad

@hgtonight said:
I know you don't want to hear this, but not hacking the core gives you a clean upgrade path and prevent this situation from repeating itself.

I agree, never modify the core unless absolutely necessary. So far I had to do it once, because I had no other choice, to correct a query (see https://github.com/vanillaforums/Garden/issues/1575) and the only safe way to upgrade Vanilla is to extract the files, compare the folders and merge the changes manually.

jackmaessen

i changed the code of 2 files (class.utilitycontroller.php and settings.js) with the code on GitHub: https://github.com/vanillaforums/Garden/commit/91904fa108a8a5011f684a990fd117ea8ff3625c#diff-b4a86013b27f861e664f596e0edc50caR2
And in my index.php i changed the define line from 2.0.18.9 to 2.0.18.10

define('APPLICATION_VERSION', '2.0.18.10');

Is that all?