patchutils
A collection of command-line tools for inspecting, filtering and changing patch files.
By The patchutils contributors
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About patchutils
patchutils includes utilities for comparing two patches, combining incremental patches, filtering patch sections and listing files changed by a patch. Other commands split patches, adjust hand-edited diffs and correct wrapped or malformed patch text.
It is useful for reviewing and maintaining patch files in software development workflows.
Strengths
- Compares and combines patch files
- Filters patch sections by file pattern
- Includes tools for inspecting and splitting diffs
Limitations
- Focused on patch files rather than general code review
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under GPL-2.0-or-later and LGPL-2.1-or-later.
- License
- GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Developer
- The patchutils contributors
- Platforms
- Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Developers who need to inspect or transform patch files
- Categories
- CLI tools, Developer tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the Homebrew formula