Applying Hotfixes to CQ 5.6.1

On most projects we just patch the environments individually and create a document which lets us know which ones have been installed, i.e not checking them into github/other SCM. You should be judicious in choosing which hotfixes you install. The following link shows in bold which ones are important and I would start with just those. If you're not using a feature such as twitter, social, and others, I wouldn't install.

http://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/kb/cq561-available-hotfixes.html

For installing, one approach is to curl the hotfixes over with sleep statements between each statement. Be aware of hotfix 3285. For now, you need to downgrade com.adobe.granite.ui.commons-5.5.86.jar and use 5.5.77.CQ561-006.