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vardot/drupal-core-patches
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Curated Drupal core patches used by Varbase, one branch per Drupal core major.minor version.

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Drupal core patches
===================

[](#drupal-core-patches)

[![Test patches (11.4.x)](https://github.com/Vardot/drupal-core-patches/actions/workflows/test-patches.yml/badge.svg?branch=11.4.x)](https://github.com/Vardot/drupal-core-patches/actions/workflows/test-patches.yml?query=branch%3A11.4.x)

> **Why this package:** `vardot/drupal-core-patches` is required by [`vardot/varbase-patches`](https://github.com/Vardot/varbase-patches) so that [Varbase](https://www.drupal.org/project/varbase) can upgrade to the latest Drupal core versions. It maintains the right set of working Drupal **core** patches **per Drupal core version** (one branch per major.minor), so each Varbase line automatically gets the patches that apply to its Drupal core.

Curated **Drupal core** patches used by [Varbase](https://www.drupal.org/project/varbase), delivered as a Composer **metapackage** with **one git branch per Drupal core MAJOR.MINOR**version (e.g. `11.3.x`, `10.6.x`). Consumed by [`vardot/varbase-patches`](https://github.com/Vardot/varbase-patches) so that core patches are versioned and resolved independently of the Varbase line.

- Patches are declared under `extra.patches."drupal/core"` and applied by [`cweagans/composer-patches`](https://github.com/cweagans/composer-patches) via the Varbase Patches plugin (which allowlists this package).
- Each core-minor branch carries **only** the patches valid for that exact Drupal core minor and uses `conflict: { "drupal/core": "=next.0" }` to bind itself to that minor, so Composer always selects the release matching the installed core.
- The actual `.patch` files live on the **`patches`** branch and are referenced by raw URL (the same model `varbase-patches` uses for its patch files).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
composer require vardot/drupal-core-patches:~11.3.0
```

`varbase-patches` does this for you. To allow Composer to pick the release matching the site's core, it requires a range that spans the supported majors:

varbase-patches branchDrupal corerequires9.1.x, 9.2.x, 10.0.x~10.6`vardot/drupal-core-patches: ~10 || ~11 || ~12`10.1.x, 11.0.x~11.3`vardot/drupal-core-patches: ~11 || ~12`Branch per Drupal core major.minor
----------------------------------

[](#branch-per-drupal-core-majorminor)

**Policy (2026-07-14):** only the Drupal core minors currently supported by the Drupal Core team are actively maintained here — see [\#79](https://github.com/Vardot/drupal-core-patches/issues/79). EOL branches stay in git (nothing is deleted) but no longer receive new patches, re-rolls, or CI fixes.

Drupal coreBranchPatch countStatus~12.0.0`12.0.x`0Upcoming — forward-compat placeholder, no patches yet~11.4.0`11.4.x`22**Supported** (bugfix + security)~11.3.0`11.3.x`20**Supported** (security-only)~10.6.0`10.6.x`17**Supported** (security-only, final Drupal 10 minor)~11.2.0`11.2.x`21**EOL — not actively maintained here** (see [\#79](https://github.com/Vardot/drupal-core-patches/issues/79))~11.1.0`11.1.x`20**EOL — not actively maintained here** (see [\#79](https://github.com/Vardot/drupal-core-patches/issues/79))~10.5.0`10.5.x`20**EOL — not actively maintained here** (see [\#79](https://github.com/Vardot/drupal-core-patches/issues/79))~10.4.0`10.4.x`20**EOL — not actively maintained here** (see [\#79](https://github.com/Vardot/drupal-core-patches/issues/79))(files)`patches`shared `.patch` file storeactiveAdd a new branch (e.g. the next Drupal core minor) when supporting a new Drupal core minor — see [docs/adding-a-core-version.md](docs/adding-a-core-version.md). Adding a branch for an EOL minor is out of scope per #79.

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- [Architecture](docs/architecture.md)
- [Usage & installation](docs/usage.md)
- [Adding a Drupal core version](docs/adding-a-core-version.md)
- [Releasing](docs/releasing.md)
- [Troubleshooting](docs/troubleshooting.md)

###  Health Score

48

—

FairBetter than 94% of packages

Maintenance94

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

51

Last Release

28d ago

Major Versions

10.4.0.2 → 11.4.0.42026-07-03

10.4.0.3 → 12.0.0.32026-07-13

10.6.0.5 → 11.3.0.62026-07-13

10.4.x-dev → 12.0.x-dev2026-07-14

10.6.x-dev → 11.3.x-dev2026-07-14

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1641992?v=4)[Rajab Natshah](/maintainers/Natshah)[@Natshah](https://github.com/Natshah)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0a7204f4105511c0cbdfa7f4bf05ce8d7ddb14b26053a1b50e17895c23da12b4?d=identicon)[vardot-devops](/maintainers/vardot-devops)

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Top Contributors

[![Natshah](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1641992?v=4)](https://github.com/Natshah "Natshah (30 commits)")

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Tags

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