ossobuffo/switch_to_minimal

Drush hook to switch Drupal install profile to whatever profile is configured in core.extension.yml.

v0.0.4 2025-06-27 18:22 UTC

Requires

• php: >=8.3.0
• drupal/core: ^10.2 || ^11
• drush/drush: >=13.0.0

GPL-2.0-or-later

• Daniel Johnson

README

This command file adds a pre-command hook to the config:import command, which ensures that the install profile is set to whatever is defined in core.extension.yml. If the current profile is not the same as that profile, the install profile is changed. This hook will run EVERY TIME drush config:import is invoked, including when it is run as a subprocess of drush deploy. It is perfectly harmless to keep this code around after you switch profiles; it will simply bail, with the message “Current profile is already [profile-name]” if you run it with the --verbose option.

If core.extension.yml cannot be found, this command will fall back to the minimal profile.

This package also provides the command switch-profile which will perform the profile switch without invoking drush config:import.

The command file will be installed in ${PROJECT_ROOT}/drush/Commands/contrib/switch_to_minimal.

How do I install it?

Just invoke the following in your project:

composer require ossobuffo/switch_to_minimal

Why would I need this?

This is designed to help move projects away from abandoned or deprecated contrib or custom profiles. If your automated deployment process is to push code and then run drush deploy, this should seamlessly integrate with that workflow.

Why is it named “switch_to_minimal” when it is actually switching to some other profile name?

The very first iterations of this command package had the minimal profile hardcoded.

Caveats

If the profile you are moving away from includes contrib modules or libraries in its composer.json, you should make sure that they are now pulled in by your current main composer.json.

This could quite possibly work with older versions of Drush than advertised in the composer.json file. I have not tested, and do not consider it worth my while to do so.