Here was my process:
$ drush quickstart-create --domain=newsite.dev
$ cd newsite.dev
(made my site)
$ drush sql-dump > newsite.sql
$ cd../ (back to websites folder)
$ drush quickstart-create --domain=newsite2.dev
$ cd newsite2.dev
(Delete everything. Then I copied in the contents of newsite.dev)
$ drush sql-cli < newsite.sql (imported the database)
Done. Or so I thought...

At this point my newly duplicated site was running perfect (at newsite2.dev) so I went ahead and continued development.

However, when I went back to my original site - its totally messed! Seems my duplication method causes a conflict between the original site.

I tried making a third site - and sure enough - both newsite.dev and newsite2.dev are both messed. Seems there are some setting somewhere that are getting carried over with my duplication method.

What is the problem with my method; what is the best way to duplicate a Quickstart site ?

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Roar-1’s picture

Roar-1 commented
Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

Just a follow up: I am a total noob and was not updating the settings.php for cloned sites.

Ashlar’s picture

Ashlar commented

Before I try to duplicate your steps, could you clarify what you changed in settings.php?