C.61 PatchTask

C.61 PatchTask
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The PatchTask uses the patch program to apply diff file to originals.

NB: the patch program must be in the system path!

Table C.81: Attributes

Name	Type	Description	Default	Required
`patchfile`	`String`	File that includes the diff output	n/a	Yes
`originalfile`	`String`	File to patch. If not specified Task tries to guess it from the diff file	none	No
`destfile`	`String`	File to send the output to instead of patching the file in place	none	No
`backups`	`Boolean`	Keep backups of the unpatched files	`false`	No
`quiet`	`Boolean`	Work silently unless an error occurs	`false`	No
`reverse`	`Boolean`	Assume patch was created with old and new files swapped	`false`	No
`ignorewhitespace`	`Boolean`	Ignore whitespace differences	`false`	No
`strip`	`Integer`	Strip the smallest prefix containing specified number of leading slashes from filenames	none	No
`dir`	`String`	The directory in which to run the patch command	none	No
`haltonfailure`	`Boolean`	Stop the build process if the patching process encounters an error.	`false`	No
`forward`	`Boolean`	Ignore patches that appear to be reversed or already applied.	`false`	No
`fuzz`	`String`	Set the fuzz factor to LINES for inexact matching.	`n/a`	No

<patch
  patchfile="/path/to/patches/file.ext.patch"
  dir="/path/to/original"
/>

Apply "file.ext.path" to original file locataed in "/path/to/original" folder.

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