edit-patch(1)

NAME

   edit-patch,  add-patch  -  tool for preparing patches for Debian source
   packages

SYNOPSIS

   edit-patch path/to/patch

   add-patch path/to/patch

DESCRIPTION

   edit-patch is a wrapper script around the Quilt, CDBS, and dpatch patch
   systems.  It simplifies the process of preparing and editing patches to
   Debian source packages and allows the user to not have to be  concerned
   with  which patch system is in use.  Run from inside the root directory
   of the source package, edit-patch can be used to edit existing  patches
   located in debian/patches.

   It  can also be used to incorporate new patches.  If pointed at a patch
   not already present, it will copy the patch to  debian/patches  in  the
   correct format for the patch system in use.  Next, the patch is applied
   and a subshell is opened in order to edit the patch.   Typing  exit  or
   pressing  Ctrl-d will close the subshell and launch an editor to record
   the debian/changelog entry.

   edit-patch is integrated  with  the  Bazaar  and  Git  version  control
   systems.   The  patch  will be automatically added to the tree, and the
   debian/changelog entry will be used as the commit message.

   If no patch system is present, the patch is applied inline, and a  copy
   is stored in debian/patches-applied.

   add-patch is the non-interactive version of edit-patch.  The patch will
   be incorporated but no editor or subshell will be spawned.

AUTHORS

   edit-patch       was       written       by       Daniel        Holbach
   <daniel.holbach@canonical.com>,               Michael              Vogt
   <michael.vogt@canonical.com>, and David Futcher <bobbo@ubuntu.com>.

   This   manual   page   was   written   by    Andrew    Starr-Bochicchio
   <a.starr.b@gmail.com>.

   Both  are  released  under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
   version 3.

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