Need help moving SL to El Capitan

Here's the scenario-

I tried El Cap on an external and everything works fine - apps, etc. I need to update as much as I hate (Firefox and Safari is no longer supported in SL, among other needs).

I have an iMac that is partitioned - everything is on SL, and the partition of El Cap is OS only - no data or other stuff - essentially Virgin.

I want to use the migration assistant make SL more to El Cap - all data, user prefs etc, as well as the El Hat will be a 'mirror' of SL as far as it goes. Pretty easy (and Yes, I have 2 backups of SL, including a Super Duper clone I have questions).

Anyway, and here is the background of the question - the last time I tried this - a few days ago - the El Cap itself folder renamed 'Phil 1' (my SL home folder is "Phil"). So I deleted the partition El Cap and start over. I want the El Cap home folder to be "Phil" and not "Phil 1". Someone me locally to create a test user and rename when I migrate. If this is the case - to create the Test user in SL or El Cap before migrating? Or y at - it an easier alternative? How to make the El Cap folder named what I want?

I start in El Cap and migrate it to SL? Seems that the only way, unless I'm missing something (?)

Or by the way - I keep the partition SL and my backups for a while - just in case.

If you have created an account in El Capitan named 'Phil', then the migrated account will be called "Phil 1" because that the Migration Wizard will not overwrite any existing account with the same name. What you need to do is create a new account named "Test" and make an account Admin connect you to 'Test' and remove your other accounts. Re-emigrate account you want to use named, "Phil." Then connect to "Phil" and delete the "Test".

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