Patch(3pm)						User Contributed Perl Documentation						Patch(3pm)

NAME

       Text::Patch - Patches text with given patch

SYNOPSIS

	   use Text::Patch;

	   $output = patch( $source, $diff, STYLE => "Unified" );

	   use Text::Diff;

	   $src  = ...
	   $dst  = ...

	   $diff = diff( $src, $dst, { STYLE => 'Unified' } );

	   $out  = patch( $src, $diff, { STYLE => 'Unified' } );

	   print "Patch successful" if $out eq $dst;

DESCRIPTION

       Text::Patch combines source text with given diff (difference) data.  Diff data is produced by Text::Diff module or by the standard diff
       utility (man diff, see -u option).

       patch( $source, $diff, options... )
	   First argument is source (original) text. Second is the diff data.  Third argument can be either hash reference with options or all the
	   rest arguments will be considered patch options:

	       $output = patch( $source, $diff, STYLE => "Unified", ... );

	       $output = patch( $source, $diff, { STYLE => "Unified", ... } );

	   Options are:

	     STYLE => 'Unified'

	   STYLE can be "Unified", "Context" or "OldStyle".

	   The 'Unified' diff format looks like this:

	     @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
	     -The Way that can be told of is not the eternal Way;
	     -The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
	      The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth;
	     -The Named is the mother of all things.
	     +The named is the mother of all things.
	     +
	      Therefore let there always be non-being,
		so we may see their subtlety,
	      And let there always be being,
	     @@ -9,3 +8,6 @@
	      The two are the same,
	      But after they are produced,
		they have different names.
	     +They both may be called deep and profound.
	     +Deeper and more profound,
	     +The door of all subtleties!

TODO

	 Interfaces with files, arrays, etc.

AUTHOR

	 Vladi Belperchinov-Shabanski "Cade"

	 <cade@biscom.net> <cade@datamax.bg> <cade@cpan.org>

	 http://cade.datamax.bg

VERSION

	 $Id: Patch.pm,v 1.6 2007/04/07 19:57:41 cade Exp $

perl v5.10.1							    2010-10-04								Patch(3pm)