diff2patches(1)

📦 version 2.26.11ubuntu1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, epel 10, epel 9, fedora 43, fedora 44, opensuse-leap 16.0, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 diff2patches 💖

okay bestie, so diff2patches is this lil Unix tool — it lives in section 1 of the manual, iykyk — and it does exactly one thing but it does it beautifully: it goes into a .diff.gz file and pulls out all the patches that touch stuff outside the debian/ folder. no cap.

✨ SYNTAX ✨

diff2patches filename
diff2patches --help|--version

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the vibe. diff2patches extracts patches from a .diff.gz which apply to files outside the debian/ directory scope. like, it's not here for debian-stuff, it's here for everything else. main character energy only.

and it's so organized about it 🎀 — a patch is created for each modified file. not one big blob, no. one per file. iconic.

each patch gets named according to the path of the modified file, with / replaced by ___, and an extension of .patch. so like the slashes get swapped out for triple underscores, cute little name glow-up, and then it gets .patch slapped on the end. periodt.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • filename — extract patches from filename which apply outside the debian/ directory. that's the whole job fr fr.
  • --help — output help information and exit. it's giving "let me explain myself."
  • --version — output version information and exit. it's giving "who am I, what am I."

🦋 FILES 🦋

  • debian/control — the existence of this file is tested before any patch is extracted. like a little vibe check at the door 🙈. no debian/control, no patches.
  • debian/
  • debian/patches/ — patches are extracted to one of these directories. debian/patches/ is preferred, if it exists. and if DEB_PATCHES is present in the environment, it will override this behavior (see the “ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES” section below, bestie, I got you 💖).

🌈 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 🌈

  • DEB_PATCHES — when defined and points to an existing directory, patches are extracted in that directory and not under debian/ nor debian/patches/. it literally overrides everything. it's the final boss 👑.

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Raphael Geissert <atomo64@gmail.com>

ok so that's the whole page, no crumbs left 💀 — and before you go, the official vibes check: this was diff2patches(1) from the diff2patches(1) manual, authored by the one and only Raphael Geissert <atomo64@gmail.com>. slay, bye 🫶✨
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