diff2patches - Extract non-debian/ patches from .diff.gz files
diff2patches filename
diff2patches --help|
--version
Extracts patches from .diff.gz which apply to files outside the
“debian/” directory scope. A patch is created for each modified
file. Each patch is named according to the path of the modified file, with
“/” replaced by “___”, and an extension of
“.patch”.
-
filename
- Extract patches from filename which
apply outside the “debian/” directory.
- --help
- Output help information and exit.
- --version
- Output version information and exit.
- debian/control
- Existence of this file is tested before any patch is
extracted.
- debian/
-
debian/patches/ Patches are extracted to one of
these directories. “debian/patches/” is preferred, if it
exists. If DEB_PATCHES is present in the environment, it will
override this behavior (see “ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES” section
below).
- DEB_PATCHES
- When defined and points to an existing directory, patches
are extracted in that directory and not under “debian/” nor
“debian/patches/”.
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Raphael Geissert <
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