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xmldiff patches XML files by sending just the changes

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:00:00 GMT
The GNU diff and patch utilities let you compare files to generate a patch that describes the changes between files. You can then apply the patch file on that machine or another. You might think to use diff and patch on XML files, since they are just text files -- and depending on your application, diff and patch might serve your needs well. However, as things such as the sequence in which attributes are ordered in an element tag are not important in an XML file, using specific tools that are aware of the XML standard can make seeing differences and sending XML-aware "patch" files much more attractive.

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diff2patches

diff2patches(1) 														   diff2patches(1)

NAME

       diff2patches - Extract non-debian/ patches from .diff.gz files

SYNTAX

       diff2patches filename
       diff2patches --help|--version

DESCRIPTION

       Extracts  patches  from	.diff.gz  which  apply to files outside the "debian/" directory scope.	A patch is created for each modified file.
       Each patch is named according to the path of the modified file, with "/" replaced by "___", and an extension of ".patch".

OPTIONS

       filename
	   Extract patches from filename which apply outside the "debian/" directory.

       --help
	   Output help information and exit.

       --version
	   Output version information and exit.

FILES

       debian/control
	      Existence of this file is tested before any patch is extracted.

       debian/
       debian/patches/
	      Patches are extracted to one of these directories.  "debian/patches/" is preferred, if it exists.  If DEB_PATCHES is present in  the
	      environment, it will override this behavior (see "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" section below).

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       DEB_PATCHES
	      When  defined  and  points  to  an  existing  directory,	patches  are  extracted  in  that  directory  and  not under "debian/" nor
	      "debian/patches/".

SEE ALSO

       combinediff(1)

AUTHOR

       Raphael Geissert <atomo64@gmail.com>

Raphael Geissert <;atomo64@gmail.com>												   diff2patches(1)

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