Note: TARGET for this issue are:

1. main
2. MOODLE_500_STABLE

Web

1. Create/check out a 4.5.x site. For example:

   $ git checkout v4.5.3

2. Install the site.
3. Check out the TARGET branch

   git checkout TARGET

4. Apply the patch if you're not on the integration.git
5. Create any of the following files that are being detected by the patch. (e.g. on Linux, use the "touch" command):
   • admin/process_email.php

     $ touch admin/process_email.php

   • badges/preferences_form.php

     $ touch badges/preferences_form.php

   • etc
6. Open your Moodle instance on your browser.
7. Log in as admin and proceed with the upgrade.
8. Confirm that a message ("Mixed Moodle versions detected....") is displayed saying that there are problems upgrading and a proper procedure for upgrading to a major release.
9. Delete the touched file(s) in point 5.
10. Click Reload
11. Confirm that the upgrade now proceeds OK

CLI

1. Repeat points 1-5 from the "Web" instructions.
2. Run the CLI upgrade

   $ php admin/cli/upgrade.php

3. Confirm that a message ("Mixed Moodle versions detected....") is displayed saying that there are problems upgrading and a proper procedure for upgrading to a major release.
4. Delete the touched file(s) in point web - 5.
5. Run the CLI upgrade again

   $ php admin/cli/upgrade.php

6. Confirm that now the process runs OK, with a prompt asking you for confirmation and then a number of upgrade steps and settings being setup.
7. Confirm that the process ends with a text like this (the numbers are not important), the "successfully" is.:

   Command line upgrade from XXXXX (Build: XXXXX) (XXXXX) to XXXXX (Build: XXXXX) (XXXXX) completed successfully.

Code verified against automated checks.

Checked MDL-85202 using repository: https://github.com/paulholden/moodle/

• MOODLE_500_STABLE (0 errors / 0 warnings) [branch: MDL-85202-500 | CI Job]
• main (0 errors / 0 warnings) [branch: MDL-85202 | CI Job]

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