splitdiff1
Separate out incremental patches
Usage
splitdiff [-a]
[-d]
[-D
dir]
[-p
n]
[-E]
[file]
splitdiff {[--help] | [--version]}
Overview
If you have a patch file composed of several incremental patches, you can use splitdiff to separate them out. You may want to do this in preparation for re-combining them with combinediff(1).
The effect of running splitdiff is to separate its input into a set of output files, with no output file patching the same file more than once.
Options
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-a -
Split out every single file-level patch.
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-d -
Create file names such as a_b.c.patch for a patch that modifies a/b.c.
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-D dir -
Write output files into subdirectory dir. Implies
-d.
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-p n -
Strip the first n components of the pathname to aid comparisons.
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-E -
Don't use .patch filename extension when writing output files.
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--help -
Display a short usage message.
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--version -
Display the version number of splitdiff.
Releases
13 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 6 times.
-D since Debian 9 (Stretch);
-E since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-a since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-d since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).