CDBS-EDIT-PATCH(1)

📦 version 0.4.167, in debian bookworm, epel 10, epel 9, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble

💅 CDBS-EDIT-PATCH — the girlies' guide 💅

okay so real talk, this is cdbs-edit-patch from the CDBS manual pages, and it's genuinely one of those tools that sounds scary but is lowkey just a little bestie that holds your hand through making patches. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

cdbs-edit-patch — create or edit a CDBS simple-patchsys.mk patch 🎀

like. that's it. that's the whole job. she makes patches and she edits patches. iconic behavior honestly.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

cdbs-edit-patch patchname

one argument. one. we love a low-maintenance queen 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea: cdbs-edit-patch creates or edits patches that get used by the CDBS simple-patchsys.mk patch system. if you wanna know more about CDBS in general (and honestly you should, she's a whole vibe), go read the docs sitting pretty under /usr/share/doc/cdbs/. 💖

💅 when patchname already exists

when patchname exists, cdbs-edit-patch does this whole little routine for you:

  1. it sets up a temporary working source tree ✨
  2. it applies all patches up to and including patchname — in lexicographic order, which is a fancy way of saying "alphabetical-ish, don't fight it" 🔤
  3. it spawns an interactive shell for you, the developer 👑

then you just... vibe. edit files in that working tree, do your thing, be the main character. and when you're done and you exit the shell, cdbs-edit-patch updates patchname to reflect the changes you made. periodt. 💫

⚠️ wanna abort the whole process from inside the interactive shell? just exit with a nonzero exit value. that's the escape hatch, bestie, use it if you need it. 🚪

🌈 when patchname does not exist

when patchname does not exist, cdbs-edit-patch is like "oh? new patch? say less" and assumes a brand new patch should be created. 🆕

same energy as above, fr fr:

  • it first creates a temporary working source tree 🌳
  • it applies all patches up to the new patch, again in lexicographic order
  • then when you quit the shell, cdbs-edit-patch creates patchname for you 🎉

and that's the whole flow. no drama, no surprises, just patches. 😌

👑 AUTHOR 👑

  • CDBS was written by Colin Walters and others. 🫶
  • cdbs-edit-patch was written by Martin Pitt. ✨
  • This manual page was written by Peter Eisentraut, based on the dpatch-edit-patch(1) manual page. 📖

the way they all contributed... we stan a collaborative effort. 💜

🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

go read them, iykyk 📚✨

and that's the page, babe! this one's from Debian, dated 5 Feb 2006, and it lives in the CDBS-EDIT-PATCH(1) section of your friendly neighborhood manual. go make some patches, you're doing amazing sweetie 💖🎀🦋🌸💅

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