---
name: "cdbs-edit-patch"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cdbs"
version: "0.4.166"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cdbs-edit-patch"
---

# cdbs-edit-patch(1)

create or edit a CDBS simple-patchsys.mk patch

## NAME

cdbs-edit-patch - create or edit a CDBS simple-patchsys.mk patch

## SYNOPSIS

**cdbs-edit-patch *patchname***

## DESCRIPTION

**cdbs-edit-patch** creates or edits patches for use by the CDBS simple-patchsys.mk patch system.  For more information about CDBS please see the documentation under */usr/share/doc/cdbs/*.

When *patchname* exists, **cdbs-edit-patch** will set up a temporary working source tree, apply all patches up to and including *patchname* in lexicographic order, and spawn an interactive shell for the developer.  The developer can then edit files in this working tree.  When the developer is done and exits the shell, **cdbs-edit-patch** updates *patchname* to reflect the changes made.  To abort the process from the interactive shell, exit with a nonzero exit value.

When *patchname* does not exist, **cdbs-edit-patch** will assume that a new patch should be created.  As with the above scenario, **cdbs-edit-patch** will first create a temporary working source tree and apply all patches up to the new patch in lexicographic order.  When the shell is quit, **cdbs-edit-patch** will create *patchname*.

## AUTHOR

CDBS was written by Colin Walters and others.  **cdbs-edit-patch** was written by Martin Pitt.  This manual page was written by Peter Eisentraut based on the [**dpatch-edit-patch**(1)](/dpatch-edit-patch/1.md) manual page.

## SEE ALSO

CDBS documentation in */usr/share/doc/cdbs/*, */usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/simple-patchsys.mk*, [**dpatch-edit-patch**(1)](/dpatch-edit-patch/1.md), [**quilt**(1)](/quilt/1.md)