Description
Applies a diff file to originals. ; requires "patch" to be
on the execution path.
Parameters
| Attribute |
Description |
Required |
| patchfile |
the file that includes the diff output |
Yes |
| originalfile |
the file to patch |
No, tries to guess it from the diff
file |
| destfile |
the file to send the output to instead of
patching the file(s) in place. since Ant 1.6 |
No. |
| backups |
Keep backups of the unpatched files |
No |
| quiet |
Work silently unless an error occurs |
No |
| reverse |
Assume patch was created with old and new files
swapped. |
No |
| ignorewhitespace |
Ignore whitespace differences. |
No |
| strip |
Strip the smallest prefix containing num leading
slashes from filenames. |
No |
| dir |
The directory in which to run the patch command. |
No, default is the project's basedir. |
Examples
<patch patchfile="module.1.0-1.1.patch"/>
applies the diff included in module.1.0-1.1.patch to the
files in base directory guessing the filename(s) from the diff output.
<patch patchfile="module.1.0-1.1.patch" strip="1"/>
like above but one leading directory part will be removed. i.e. if
the diff output looked like
--- a/mod1.0/A Mon Jun 5 17:28:41 2000
+++ a/mod1.1/A Mon Jun 5 17:28:49 2000
the leading a/ will be stripped.
Source: Apache Ant
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