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/”.
Raphael Geissert <atomo64@gmail.com>