#1697256: Create a UI for importing new configuration → introduces a user interface for importing configuration. The interface has been tested with a manual workflow, but not with the git workflow described in comment #93.
Test the patch with the following workflow, and confirm the results. Then, add initial documentation for the workflow on the handbook page linked from the config module's hook_help().
# SETUP DEV SITE
mkdir drupal_dev
cd drupal_dev
wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-8.x-dev.tar.gz
tar --strip-components=1 -zxvf drupal-8.x-dev.tar.gz
rm *.gz
git init
git add .
git commit -am "Drupal"
# FIX CONFIG.INFO SO THE PATCH WILL APPLY
vi core/modules/config/config.info.yaml
# Delete everything after "core = 8.x"
git commit -am "Stupid packaging script."
# APPLY THE PATCH
wget http://drupal.org/files/1697256-config-import-63_0.patch
git apply --index 1697256-config-import-63_0.patch
git commit -am "Latest CMI UI patch."
# SETUP SETTINGS.PHP
cd drupal_dev/sites/default
cp default.settings.php settings.php
mkdir files
chmod -R 777 *
# EDIT SETTINGS.PHP AND REPLACE LINE 273 WITH THE FOLLOWING
$config_directories = array(
CONFIG_ACTIVE_DIRECTORY => array('path' => 'config_xyzzy/dev_to_live'),
CONFIG_STAGING_DIRECTORY => array('path' => 'config_xyzzy/live_to_dev'),
);
# INSTALL DRUPAL AS YOU SEE FIT
# ADD CONFIG TO GIT
cd config_xyzzy/live_to_dev/
touch README.txt
cd ../../..
git add files
git commit -m "Adding files directory" files
cd ../../..
# SETUP LIVE SITE
git clone file:///Users/gdd/Sites/drupal_dev drupal_live
# SETUP SETTINGS.PHP
cd drupal_live/sites/default
cp default.settings.php settings.php
mkdir files
chmod -R 777 *
# EDIT SETTINGS.PHP AND REPLACE LINE 273 WITH THE FOLLOWING
# NOTE THAT THE ACTIVE AND STAGING DIRECTORIES ARE REVERSED FROM ABOVE
$config_directories = array(
CONFIG_ACTIVE_DIRECTORY => array('path' => 'config_xyzzy/live_to_dev'),
CONFIG_STAGING_DIRECTORY => array('path' => 'config_xyzzy/dev_to_live'),
);
# INSTALL DRUPAL AS YOU SEE FIT
# ADD CONFIG TO GIT
git add files
git commit -am "Adding live site config"
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