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📛 NAME

diff2patches - Extract non-debian/ patches from .diff.gz files

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
Extract patches from a .diff.gz file	diff2patches filename	Extracts patches from filename, placing them in debian/patches/ or debian/
Display help	diff2patches --help	Output help information and exit
Display version	diff2patches --version	Output version information and exit

📝 SYNTAX

diff2patches filename
diff2patches --help | --version

📖 DESCRIPTION

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”.

⚙️ OPTIONS

• filename 🗂️ — Extract patches from the given filename that apply outside the “debian/” directory.
• --help ❓ — Output help information and exit.
• --version ℹ️ — Output version information and exit.

📁 FILES

• debian/control — 📄 Existence of this file is tested before any patch is extracted.
• debian/ and 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).

🌐 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/”.

🔗 SEE ALSO

combinediff(1)

👤 AUTHOR

Raphael Geissert <atomo64 AT gmail.com>

📛 NAME 🚀 Quick Reference 📝 SYNTAX 📖 DESCRIPTION ⚙️ OPTIONS 📁 FILES 🌐 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 🔗 SEE ALSO 👤 AUTHOR