[colinappnovation]

Problem/Motivation

Noticed today that when using drupal generate:update with no module or install file present; a module file is created rather than *.install.

Solution

Modification to generate() function within UpdateGenerator.php to create *.install file as apposed to *.module file. As hook_update_N() should be placed in *.install file by best practice.

[enzolutions]

@colinappnovation why .install instead of .module, could you point any documentation that suggest this change, please.

[colinappnovation]

@enzolutions https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/core!lib!Drupal!Core!Extension!module.api.php/function/hook_update_N/8.2.x

"For each change in a module that requires one or more actions to be performed when updating a site, add a new implementation of hook_update_N() to your mymodule.install file (assuming mymodule is the machine name of your module). Implementations of hook_update_N() are named (module name)update(number)."

[timmillwood]

+1 to this hook_update_N() functions should always go in the .install file.

[jmolivas]

@colinappnovation Thanks for your contribution, your PR was merged. This will be included on the next release.

@timmillwood thanks for your participation on this PR.