wiggle

A patch application tool resolving conflicts in patches that patch cannot handle. Note: Wiggle forcefully applies all changes, merging when conflicts arise, and reporting unresolvable issues. More information: <https://manned.org/wiggle>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/wiggle.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install wiggle
Ubuntu
apt-get install wiggle
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install wiggle
Fedora
dnf install wiggle
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install wiggle
OS X
brew install wiggle
Raspbian
apt-get install wiggle
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/wiggle

A patch application tool resolving conflicts in patches that patch cannot handle. Note: Wiggle forcefully applies all changes, merging when conflicts arise, and reporting unresolvable issues. More information: <https://manned.org/wiggle>.

  • Apply changes from the patch file to the original file:
    wiggle path/to/my_patch.patch
  • Apply changes to the [o]utput file:
    wiggle path/to/my_patch.patch -o path/to/output_file.txt
  • Take any changes in `file.rej` that could not have been applied and merge them into a file:
    wiggle --replace path/to/file path/to/file.rej
  • E[x]tract one branch of a patch or merge file:
    wiggle -x path/to/my_patch.patch
  • Apply a patch and save the compared words to the [o]utput file:
    wiggle --words path/to/my_word_patch.patch -o path/to/word_patched_code.c
  • Display help about the merge function:
    wiggle --merge --help

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