See the Drupal/Cheatsheet
See also Using git with drupal
Upgrade
You need to upgrade Drupal like you brush your teeth... at least once or twice a day.
cd /var/www/equality-tech.com/www/drupal
drush vset maintenance_mode 1
~/bin/backup.db.sh civicrm
~/bin/backup.db.sh drupal
cp .htaccess .htaccess.mine
drush up
mv .htaccess.mine .htaccess
drush vset maintenance_mode 0