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How I keep my local WordPress install up-to-date
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What you are doing is pretty handy too. But the subdirectory setup was not possible before version 3.5 for Multisite installs and I had this solution work for me before that.
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Yes, WP-CLI is a tool I still need to get my hands on. I don't know though weather it will work locally. If it runs the default WordPress upgrade functionallity I guess it won't.