diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index d7ee4a7..4a66d03 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         "phpunit/phpunit": "~4.1",
         "phpdocumentor/phpdocumentor": "~2.0",
         "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "~2.0",
+        "loadsys/cakephp-config-read": "~3.0",
         "loadsys/loadsys_codesniffer": "~3.0"
     },
     "config": {
@@ -24,8 +25,10 @@
         "coverage-ensure",
         "db-backup",
         "db-credentials",
+        "db-import",
         "db-login",
         "db-sample-data",
+        "deploy",
         "docs-generate",
         "email",
         "folder-delete-items-older-than-days",
@@ -39,7 +42,6 @@
         "owner-set",
         "rename-empty",
         "tests-run",
-        "update",
         "vagrant-exec"
     ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/db-backup b/db-backup
index 7ac4d97..b810f21 100755
--- a/db-backup
+++ b/db-backup
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ try {
 		echo "!! DB credentials are not available. Aborting.";
 		exit(3);
 	}
-	
+
 	ob_start(); // Capture the shebang line from db-credentials.
 	$db = include($credentialsScript);
 	ob_get_clean(); // Flush it.
diff --git a/db-credentials b/db-credentials
index 768ab7e..4b3a435 100755
--- a/db-credentials
+++ b/db-credentials
@@ -83,9 +83,7 @@ class DbConfig {
 	 */
 	public function __construct() {
 		$dir = getcwd();
-		$injectedCode = 'use Cake\Datasource\ConnectionManager; echo serialize(ConnectionManager::config("default")) . PHP_EOL; exit;'; // This must be on a single line to work with the REPL.
-		$cmd = "echo '{$injectedCode}' | "
-			. escapeshellcmd("{$dir}/bin/cake Console -q");
+		$cmd = escapeshellcmd("{$dir}/bin/cake ConfigRead.ConfigRead -s Datasources.default");
 		$response = [];
 		$code = 0;
 		exec($cmd, $response, $code);
diff --git a/db-import b/db-import
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ee82e92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db-import
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+namespace Loadsys\CakePHPShellScripts\DbImport;
+
+/**
+ * Prints usage information and exits.
+ *
+ * @param string $script Typically set to basename($argv[0]) when the method is called.
+ * @param int $exitCode The numeric exit code to return. 0 = success. >0 = failure.
+ * @return void
+ */
+function usage($script = null, $exitCode = 0) {
+	$script = $script ?: basename(__FILE__);
+	$usage = <<<EOD
+
+${script}
+    Imports an sql file. By default will import `config/sql/database.sql`.
+
+    Will exit with an error code of 1 if database credentials could not be
+	obtained from the Cake app via the `db-credentials` script.
+
+Usage:
+    bin/${script} [file]
+
+EOD;
+
+	echo $usage;
+	exit($exitCode);
+}
+
+/**
+ * main() ===================================================================
+ */
+
+if (isset($argv[1]) && $argv[1] == '-h') {
+	usage();
+}
+
+// Set up variables.
+$dir = getcwd();
+$sourceFile = isset($argv[1]) ? $argv[1] : "config/sql/database.sql";
+
+//TODO - do not allow going beyond $dir
+
+if(!file_exists("{$dir}/{$sourceFile}")) {
+	echo "!! File to import ({$dir}/{$sourceFile}) does not exist or is not readable. Aborting." . PHP_EOL;
+	exit(2);
+}
+
+try {
+	$credentialsScript = "{$dir}/bin/db-credentials";
+	if (!is_readable($credentialsScript)) {
+		echo "!! DB credentials are not available. Aborting." . PHP_EOL;
+		exit(3);
+	}
+
+	ob_start(); // Capture the shebang line from db-credentials.
+	$db = include($credentialsScript);
+	ob_get_clean(); // Flush it.
+
+	if ($db instanceof \Exception) {
+		echo $db->getMessage();
+		exit(4);
+	}
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+	echo $e->getMessage();
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+// Create an appropriate password clause for the command line.
+if (empty($db->password)) {
+	$passClause = '';
+} else {
+	$passClause = ' --password=' . escapeshellcmd($db->password);
+}
+
+// Build the command to execute.
+$importCmd = "mysql --host={$db->host} --user={$db->username} -p{$db->password} {$db->database} < {$dir}/{$sourceFile}";
+
+// Execute the commands.
+echo "## Importing file '{$sourceFile}'." . PHP_EOL;
+system($importCmd);
+echo "## File {$sourceFile} has been imported." . PHP_EOL;
diff --git a/update b/deploy
similarity index 70%
rename from update
rename to deploy
index b382d4e..9250a83 100755
--- a/update
+++ b/deploy
@@ -14,17 +14,14 @@ ${0##*/}
     project root folder.
 
 Usage:
-    bin/${0##*/} [tag|branch|sha|ref] [dev|prod|staging] [user] [group]
+    bin/${0##*/} [tag|branch|sha|ref] [dev|prod|staging]
 
     \$1 = The new commit to which to update.
           Will be merged into the current branch/commit.
-          Default: (The remote tracking branch for the currently-checked-out branch.)
+          Default: (The remote tracking branch for the
+                   currently-checked-out branch.)
     \$2 = The local config file "environment" to use.
-          Default: $APP_ENV if set, 'prod' if not.
-    \$3 = The local user to associate the project with.
-          Default: owner of ./
-    \$4 = The local group to associate the project with.
-          Default: group of ./
+          Default: \$APP_ENV if set, 'prod' if not.
 
 Environment Variables:
           APP_ENV = If set and \$2 is blank, will be used as the active
@@ -46,26 +43,18 @@ echo "## Starting update process."
 # Set variables.
 DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$0" )"/.. >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 BIN_DIR="$DIR/bin"
-CONFIG_DIR="$DIR/Config"
-MIGRATION_DIR="$CONFIG_DIR/Migration"
+CONFIG_DIR="$DIR/config"
+MIGRATION_DIR="$CONFIG_DIR/Migrations"
 SLEEP_TIME=10
-DEFAULT_DBUPDATES_FILE="$CONFIG_DIR/sql/db_updates.sql"
-DEFAULT_ENVVARS_FILE="$CONFIG_DIR/env_vars.txt"
 EXISTINGCOMMIT=$( git rev-parse HEAD )
 EXISTINGBRANCH=$( git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD )
 
 if [ -d "$MIGRATION_DIR" ] && [ "$(ls -A $MIGRATION_DIR)" ]; then
 	DB_UPDATES_METHOD='migrations'
-elif [ -e "$DEFAULT_DBUPDATES_FILE" ]; then
-	DB_UPDATES_METHOD='db_updates'
 else
 	DB_UPDATES_METHOD='none'
 fi
 
-if [ -r $DEFAULT_ENVVARS_FILE ]; then
-	source "${DEFAULT_ENVVARS_FILE}"
-fi
-
 
 # Input processing.
 if [ $1 ]; then
@@ -83,18 +72,6 @@ else
 	ARG_APPENV="prod"
 fi
 
-if [ $3 ]; then
-	ARG_OWNER=$3
-else
-	ARG_OWNER=""
-fi
-
-if [ $4 ]; then
-	ARG_GROUP=$4
-else
-	ARG_GROUP=""
-fi
-
 
 # Check for local changes that would cause a merge (without -f) to fail later.
 $BIN_DIR/git-localchanges
@@ -128,22 +105,6 @@ git fetch origin refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*
 # Apply database updates, one way or another.
 if [ "$DB_UPDATES_METHOD" = 'migrations' ]; then
 	echo "## Deferring database migrations until after merge."
-elif [ "$DB_UPDATES_METHOD" = 'db_updates' ]; then
-	# Show manual pending DB updates to user. (Or use possibly use bin/db-apply-updates here to execute the SQL against the DB automatically,
-	# which should be fairly recoverable if it's wrong [which it can be] considering we have already made a backup.)
-	DB_CHANGES="$( $BIN_DIR/db-show-updates $EXISTINGCOMMIT $ARG_NEWCOMMIT)"
-	if [ -n "$DB_CHANGES" ]; then
-		echo "## There are database updates to apply!"
-		echo '---------'
-		echo ''
-		echo "$DB_CHANGES"
-		echo ''
-		echo '---------'
-		echo ''
-		read -p "Press [ENTER] to continue when these updates have been applied to the local DB."
-	else
-		echo "## No database updates to apply.";
-	fi
 elif [ "$DB_UPDATES_METHOD" = 'none' ]; then
 	echo "## Could not automatically determine database change tracking system."
 	read -p "## Make sure any pending DB changes have been made and press [ENTER] to continue."
@@ -170,24 +131,13 @@ if [ "$DB_UPDATES_METHOD" = 'migrations' ]; then
 	$BIN_DIR/migrations
 fi
 
-# Copy the correct config files into place for this environment.
-$BIN_DIR/set-configs $ARG_APPENV
-
 
 # Make sure any external packages are installed and available.
 $BIN_DIR/deps-install
 
 
 # Purge cache folders.
-$BIN_DIR/clear-cache
-
-
-# Set file ownership.
-$BIN_DIR/set-owner ${ARG_OWNER} ${ARG_GROUP}
-
-
-# Set write permissions.
-$BIN_DIR/writedirs
+$BIN_DIR/cache-clear
 
 
 # Send an email report if the ENV var is set in Config/env_vars.txt
@@ -198,6 +148,10 @@ if [ -n "${LOADSYS_EMAIL}" ]; then
 	cat > "$MSG_BODY" <<-EOD
 	A code push has been completed for ${LOADSYS_PROJECT_NAME}.
 
+	(Previous commit: ${EXISTINGCOMMIT})
+
+	-------------------------------------------------------
+
 	${GIT_LOG}
 
 	EOD
diff --git a/deps-install b/deps-install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e55c68f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps-install
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------
+usage ()
+{
+	cat <<EOT
+
+${0##*/}
+    Convenience wrapper that runs "install" commands for all common
+    dependency management tools (currently composer and npm.) "Install" means
+    slightly different things in each context, but at the end of this script
+    execution, the goal is for all configured dependencies to be present at the
+    configured version level.
+
+    A production environment is assumed and no dev dependencies are installed.
+    To override this, just add "dev" as the only parameter.
+
+    Used by the init-repo and update scripts.
+
+Usage:
+    bin/${0##*/} [dev]
+
+EOT
+
+	exit 0
+}
+if [ "$1" = '-h' ]; then
+	usage
+fi
+
+
+DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$0" )"/.. >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+BINDIR="${DIR}/bin"
+COMPOSER_CONFIG_FILE="$DIR/composer.json"
+NPM_CONFIG_FILE="$DIR/package.json"
+COMPOSER_NO_DEV_OPTION="--no-dev"
+NPM_RUN=false
+NPM_PRODUCTION_OPTION="--production"
+
+if  [ "$1" = 'dev' ]; then
+	COMPOSER_NO_DEV_OPTION=""
+	NPM_PRODUCTION_OPTION=""
+	NPM_RUN=true
+fi
+
+echo "## Running installs for all dependency management tools found.";
+
+# Install composer packages using versions specified in config/lock file.
+if [ -e "$COMPOSER_CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
+	COMPOSER="$( which composer )"
+	if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
+		echo "!! Found composer config file '$COMPOSER_CONFIG_FILE', but composer is not present on this system."
+		exit 2
+	else
+		echo "## Found composer at: ${COMPOSER}"
+		"$COMPOSER" install --no-interaction $COMPOSER_NO_DEV_OPTION
+		"$COMPOSER" dumpautoload --optimize
+	fi
+fi
+
+# Install npm modules using versions specified in config file.
+if [ $NPM_RUN ] && [ -e "$NPM_CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
+	NPM="$( which npm )"
+	if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
+		echo "!! Found npm config file '$NPM_CONFIG_FILE', but npm is not present on this system."
+		exit 3
+	else
+		echo "## Found npm at: ${NPM}"
+		"$NPM" install $NPM_PRODUCTION_OPTION
+	fi
+fi
diff --git a/migrations b/migrations
index f9f0f45..775f82d 100755
--- a/migrations
+++ b/migrations
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$0" )"/.. >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 if [ "$1" ]; then
 	OPTION=$1;
 else
-	OPTION="run all";
+	OPTION="migrate";
 fi
 
 if [ "$2" ]; then
@@ -47,5 +47,5 @@ else
 fi
 
 $DIR/bin/cache-clear
-$DIR/bin/cake Migrations.migration $OPTION $PLUGIN
+$DIR/bin/cake Migrations.migrations $OPTION $PLUGIN
 $DIR/bin/cache-clear