diff --git a/conf/solr/schema.xml b/conf/solr/schema.xml
index 2aed50e9998..e9a5364d6fd 100644
--- a/conf/solr/schema.xml
+++ b/conf/solr/schema.xml
@@ -291,12 +291,12 @@
     <field name="coverage.Temporal.StopTime" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="dataCollectionSituation" type="text_en" multiValued="false" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="dataCollector" type="text_en" multiValued="false" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
-    <field name="dataSources" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="datasetContact" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="datasetContactAffiliation" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="datasetContactEmail" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="datasetContactName" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="datasetLevelErrorNotes" type="text_en" multiValued="false" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
+    <field name="dataSources" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="dateOfCollection" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="dateOfCollectionEnd" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="dateOfCollectionStart" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@
     <field name="journalVolume" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="journalVolumeIssue" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="keyword" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
-    <field name="keywordValue" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="keywordTermURI" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
+    <field name="keywordValue" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="keywordVocabulary" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="keywordVocabularyURI" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="kindOfData" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
@@ -352,9 +352,9 @@
     <field name="productionPlace" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="publication" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="publicationCitation" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
-    <field name="publicationRelationType" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="publicationIDNumber" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="publicationIDType" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
+    <field name="publicationRelationType" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="publicationURL" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="redshiftType" type="text_en" multiValued="false" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="relatedDatasets" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
@@ -384,13 +384,13 @@
     <field name="studyAssayOrganism" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="studyAssayOtherMeasurmentType" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="studyAssayOtherOrganism" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
-    <field name="studyAssayPlatform" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="studyAssayOtherPlatform" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
-    <field name="studyAssayTechnologyType" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="studyAssayOtherTechnologyType" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
+    <field name="studyAssayPlatform" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
+    <field name="studyAssayTechnologyType" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="studyDesignType" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
-    <field name="studyOtherDesignType" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="studyFactorType" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
+    <field name="studyOtherDesignType" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="studyOtherFactorType" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="subject" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="subtitle" type="text_en" multiValued="false" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
@@ -402,10 +402,10 @@
     <field name="timePeriodCoveredEnd" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="timePeriodCoveredStart" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="title" type="text_en" multiValued="false" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
+    <field name="topicClassification" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="topicClassValue" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="topicClassVocab" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="topicClassVocabURI" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
-    <field name="topicClassification" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="unitOfAnalysis" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="universe" type="text_en" multiValued="true" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
     <field name="weighting" type="text_en" multiValued="false" stored="true" indexed="true"/>
@@ -533,12 +533,12 @@
     <copyField source="coverage.Temporal.StopTime" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="dataCollectionSituation" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="dataCollector" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
-    <copyField source="dataSources" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="datasetContact" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="datasetContactAffiliation" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="datasetContactEmail" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="datasetContactName" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="datasetLevelErrorNotes" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
+    <copyField source="dataSources" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="dateOfCollection" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="dateOfCollectionEnd" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="dateOfCollectionStart" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
@@ -569,8 +569,8 @@
     <copyField source="journalVolume" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="journalVolumeIssue" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="keyword" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
-    <copyField source="keywordValue" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="keywordTermURI" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
+    <copyField source="keywordValue" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="keywordVocabulary" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="keywordVocabularyURI" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="kindOfData" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
@@ -594,9 +594,9 @@
     <copyField source="productionPlace" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="publication" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="publicationCitation" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
-    <copyField source="publicationRelationType" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="publicationIDNumber" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="publicationIDType" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
+    <copyField source="publicationRelationType" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="publicationURL" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="redshiftType" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="relatedDatasets" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
@@ -626,13 +626,13 @@
     <copyField source="studyAssayOrganism" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="studyAssayOtherMeasurmentType" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="studyAssayOtherOrganism" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
-    <copyField source="studyAssayPlatform" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="studyAssayOtherPlatform" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
-    <copyField source="studyAssayTechnologyType" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="studyAssayOtherTechnologyType" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
+    <copyField source="studyAssayPlatform" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
+    <copyField source="studyAssayTechnologyType" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="studyDesignType" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
-    <copyField source="studyOtherDesignType" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="studyFactorType" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
+    <copyField source="studyOtherDesignType" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="studyOtherFactorType" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="subject" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="subtitle" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
@@ -644,10 +644,10 @@
     <copyField source="timePeriodCoveredEnd" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="timePeriodCoveredStart" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="title" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
+    <copyField source="topicClassification" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="topicClassValue" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="topicClassVocab" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="topicClassVocabURI" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
-    <copyField source="topicClassification" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="unitOfAnalysis" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="universe" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
     <copyField source="weighting" dest="_text_" maxChars="3000"/>
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/metadatacustomization.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/metadatacustomization.rst
index e5326efebef..3f9f31f26a0 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/metadatacustomization.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/metadatacustomization.rst
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ a necessary re-index, but for your custom metadata you will need to keep track o
 
 Please note also that if you are going to make a pull request updating ``conf/solr/schema.xml`` with fields you have
 added, you should first load all the custom metadata blocks in ``scripts/api/data/metadatablocks`` (including ones you
-don't care about) to create a complete list of fields. (This might change in the future.)
+don't care about) to create a complete list of fields. (This might change in the future.) Please see :ref:`update-solr-schema-dev` in the Developer Guide.
 
 Reloading a Metadata Block
 --------------------------
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/container/configbaker-image.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/container/configbaker-image.rst
index d098bd46436..09e431eb547 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/container/configbaker-image.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/container/configbaker-image.rst
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Scripts
     - Default script when running container without parameters. Lists available scripts and details about them.
   * - ``update-fields.sh``
     - Update a Solr ``schema.xml`` with a given list of metadata fields. See ``update-fields.sh -h`` for usage details
-      and :ref:`update-solr-schema` for an example use case.
+      and example use cases at :ref:`update-solr-schema` and :ref:`update-solr-schema-dev`.
 
 Solr Template
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/developers/tips.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/developers/tips.rst
index f5ffbac0c07..a0e92015cbd 100755
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/developers/tips.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/developers/tips.rst
@@ -187,6 +187,23 @@ Once some Dataverse collections, datasets, and files have been created and index
 
 You can simply double-click "start.jar" rather that running ``java -jar start.jar`` from the command line. Figuring out how to stop Solr after double-clicking it is an exercise for the reader.
 
+.. _update-solr-schema-dev:
+
+Updating the Solr Schema (Developers)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Both developers and sysadmins need to update the Solr schema from time to time. One difference is that developers will be committing changes to ``conf/solr/schema.xml`` in git. To prevent cross-platform differences in the git history, when running the ``update-fields.sh`` script, we ask all developers to run the script from within Docker. (See :doc:`/container/configbaker-image` for more on the image we'll use below.)
+
+.. code-block::
+
+    curl http://localhost:8080/api/admin/index/solr/schema | docker run -i --rm -v ./docker-dev-volumes/solr/data:/var/solr gdcc/configbaker:unstable update-fields.sh /var/solr/data/collection1/conf/schema.xml
+
+    cp docker-dev-volumes/solr/data/data/collection1/conf/schema.xml conf/solr/schema.xml
+
+At this point you can do a ``git diff`` and see if your changes make sense before committing.
+
+Sysadmins are welcome to run ``update-fields.sh`` however they like. See :ref:`update-solr-schema` in the Admin Guide for details.
+
 Git
 ---