CODEWITHSUNDEEP
linuxgitpatch
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Reputation: 1569

Change filename in the patch OR Editing patch such a way that patch remains valid

can we edit the patch in a such a way that it remains valid even after edit?

We have a patch which applies to one source tree, now to support other platform we copied the configuration files and renamed, some of the patches would remain the same but it should contain the new file-name.
Is there a way to edit patch and keeping patch valid in this situation ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 319

Answers (1)

rodrigo
rodrigo

Reputation: 98328

Yes, patch files are text files and can be edited manually if done with care.

The file names are in the hunk headers:

--- a/filename  details
+++ b/filename  details
@@ -X1,L1 +X2,L2 @@

The details (modified date, usually) are ignored, and the a/b are dummy directories to make patch happy thinking that the original file is different from the modified one (that's the 1 in patch -p1).

The numbers X1,X2 are the original and modified line numbers where the hunk begins. The L1 and L2 numbers are the original and modified lenghts of the chunk.

And that's all! Just change filename on both +++ and --- lines and everything just works.

Upvotes: 3

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