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quilt(1) General Commands Manual quilt(1)
quilt - manage a series of patches
quilt [--quiltrc file] [--trace] command [options]
quilt [command] -h
quilt --version
Quilt is a tool to manage large sets of patches by keeping track
of the changes each patch makes. Patches can be applied,
unapplied, refreshed, and so forth. The key philosophical
concept is that your primary working material is patches.
With quilt, all work occurs within a single directory tree.
Commands can be invoked from anywhere within the source tree.
Like CVS, Subversion, or Git, quilt takes commands of the form
“quilt command”. A command can be truncated (abbreviated) as
long as the specified part of the command is unambiguous. If
command is ambiguously short, quilt lists all commands matching
that prefix and exits. All commands print a brief contextual
help message and exit if given the “-h” option.
Quilt manages a stack of patches. Patches are applied
incrementally on top of the base tree plus all preceding patches.
They can be pushed onto the stack (“quilt push”), and popped off
the stack (“quilt pop”). Commands are available for querying the
contents of the stack (“quilt applied”, “quilt previous”, “quilt
top”) and the patches that are not applied at a particular moment
(“quilt next”, “quilt unapplied”). By default, most commands
apply to the topmost patch on the stack.
Patch files are located in the patches subdirectory of the source
tree (see Example of working tree, under FILES, below). The
QUILT_PATCHES environment variable overrides this default
location. When not found in the current directory, that
subdirectory is searched recursively in the parent directories
(this is similar to the way Git searches for its configuration
files). The patches directory may contain subdirectories. It
may also be a symbolic link instead of a directory.
Quilt creates and maintains a file called series, which defines
the order in which patches are applied. The QUILT_SERIES
environment variable overrides this default name. You can query
the contents of the series file at any time with “quilt series”.
In this file, each patch file name is on a separate line. Patch
files are identified by path names that are relative to the
patches directory; patches may be in subdirectories below this
directory. Lines in the series file that start with a hash
character (#) are ignored. Patch options, such as the strip
level or whether the patch is reversed, can be added after each
patch file name. Options are introduced by a space, separated by
spaces, and follow the syntax of the patch(1) options (e.g.,
“-p2”). Quilt records patch options automatically when a command
supporting them is used. Without options, strip level 1 is
assumed. You can also add a comment after each patch file name
and options, introduced by a space followed by a hash character.
When quilt adds, removes, or renames patches, it automatically
updates the series file. Users of quilt can modify series files
while some patches are applied, as long as the applied patches
remain in their original order. Unless there are means by which
a series file can be generated automatically, you should provide
it along with any set of quilt-managed patches you distribute.
Different series files can be used to assemble patches in
different ways, corresponding (for example) to different
development branches.
Before a patch is applied, copies of all files the patch modifies
are saved to the .pc/patch-name directory, where patch-name is
the name of the patch (for example, fix-buffer-overflow.patch).
The patch is added to the list of currently applied patches
(.pc/applied-patches). Later, when a patch is regenerated
(“quilt refresh”), the backup copies in .pc/patch-name are
compared with the current versions of the files in the source
tree using GNU diff(1).
A similar process occurs when starting a new patch (“quilt new”);
the new patch file name is added to the series file. A file to
be changed by the patch is backed up and opened for editing
(“quilt edit”). After editing, inspect the impact of your
changes (“quilt diff”); the changes stay local to your working
tree until you call “quilt refresh” to write them to the patch
file.
Documentation related to a patch can be put at the beginning of
its patch file (“quilt header”). Quilt is careful to preserve
all text that precedes the actual patch when doing a refresh.
(This is limited to patches in unified format; see the GNU
Diffutils manual.)
The series file is looked up in the .pc directory, in the root of
the source tree, and in the patches directory. The first series
file that is found is used. This may also be a symbolic link, or
a file with multiple hard links. Usually, only one series file
is used for a set of patches, making the patches subdirectory a
convenient location.
The .pc directory cannot be relocated, but it can be a symbolic
link. Its subdirectories must not be renamed or restructured.
While patches are applied to the source tree, this directory is
essential for many operations, including popping patches off the
stack and refreshing them. Files in the .pc directory are
automatically removed when they are no longer needed, so there is
no need to clean up manually.
Quilt commands reference
add [-P patch] {file} ...
Add one or more files to the topmost or named patch. Files
must be added to the patch before being modified. Files that
are modified by patches already applied on top of the
specified patch cannot be added.
-P patch
Patch to add files to.
annotate [-P patch] {file}
Print an annotated listing of the specified file showing
which patches modify which lines. Only applied patches are
included.
-P patch
Stop checking for changes at the specified rather than
the topmost patch.
applied [patch]
Print a list of applied patches, or all patches up to and
including the specified patch in the file series.
delete [-r] [--backup] [patch|-n]
Remove the specified or topmost patch from the series file.
If the patch is applied, quilt will attempt to remove it
first. (Only the topmost patch can be removed right now.)
-n Delete the next patch after topmost, rather than the
specified or topmost patch.
-r Remove the deleted patch file from the patches directory
as well.
--backup
Rename the patch file to patch~ rather than deleting it.
Ignored if not used with `-r'.
diff [-p n|-p ab] [-u|-U num|-c|-C num] [--combine patch|-z] [-R]
[-P patch] [--snapshot] [--diff=utility] [--no-timestamps] [--no-
index] [--sort] [--color[=always|auto|never]] [file ...]
Produces a diff of the specified file(s) in the topmost or
specified patch. If no files are specified, all files that
are modified are included.
-p n
Create a -p n style patch (-p0 or -p1 are supported).
-p ab
Create a -p1 style patch, but use a/file and b/file as
the original and new filenames instead of the default
dir.orig/file and dir/file names.
-u, -U num, -c, -C num
Create a unified diff (-u, -U) with num lines of context.
Create a context diff (-c, -C) with num lines of context.
The number of context lines defaults to 3.
--no-timestamps
Do not include file timestamps in patch headers.
--no-index
Do not output Index: lines.
-z Write to standard output the changes that have been made
relative to the topmost or specified patch.
-R Create a reverse diff.
-P patch
Create a diff for the specified patch. (Defaults to the
topmost patch.)
--combine patch
Create a combined diff for all patches between this patch
and the patch specified with -P. A patch name of `-' is
equivalent to specifying the first applied patch.
--snapshot
Diff against snapshot (see `quilt snapshot -h').
--diff=utility
Use the specified utility for generating the diff. The
utility is invoked with the original and new file name as
arguments.
--color[=always|auto|never]
Use syntax coloring (auto activates it only if the output
is a tty).
--sort
Sort files by their name instead of preserving the
original order.
edit file ...
Edit the specified file(s) in $EDITOR after adding it (them)
to the topmost patch.
files [-v] [-a] [-l] [--combine patch] [patch]
Print the list of files that the topmost or specified patch
changes.
-a List all files in all applied patches.
-l Add patch name to output.
-v Verbose, more user friendly output.
--combine patch
Create a listing for all patches between this patch and
the topmost or specified patch. A patch name of `-' is
equivalent to specifying the first applied patch.
fold [-R] [-q] [-f] [-p strip-level]
Integrate the patch read from standard input into the topmost
patch: After making sure that all files modified are part of
the topmost patch, the patch is applied with the specified
strip level (which defaults to 1).
-R Apply patch in reverse.
-q Quiet operation.
-f Force apply, even if the patch has rejects. Unless in
quiet mode, apply the patch interactively: the patch
utility may ask questions.
-p strip-level
The number of pathname components to strip from file
names when applying patchfile.
fork [new_name]
Fork the topmost patch. Forking a patch means creating a
verbatim copy of it under a new name, and use that new name
instead of the original one in the current series. This is
useful when a patch has to be modified, but the original
version of it should be preserved, e.g. because it is used
in another series, or for the history. A typical sequence of
commands would be: fork, edit, refresh.
If new_name is missing, the name of the forked patch will be
the current patch name, followed by `-2'. If the patch name
already ends in a dash-and-number, the number is further
incremented (e.g., patch.diff, patch-2.diff, patch-3.diff).
graph [--all] [--reduce] [--lines[=num]] [--edge-labels=files]
[-T ps] [patch]
Generate a dot(1) directed graph showing the dependencies
between applied patches. A patch depends on another patch if
both touch the same file or, with the --lines option, if
their modifications overlap. Unless otherwise specified, the
graph includes all patches that the topmost patch depends on.
When a patch name is specified, instead of the topmost patch,
create a graph for the specified patch. The graph will
include all other patches that this patch depends on, as well
as all patches that depend on this patch.
--all
Generate a graph including all applied patches and their
dependencies. (Unapplied patches are not included.)
--reduce
Eliminate transitive edges from the graph.
--lines[=num]
Compute dependencies by looking at the lines the patches
modify. Unless a different num is specified, two lines
of context are included.
--edge-labels=files
Label graph edges with the file names that the adjacent
patches modify.
-T ps
Directly produce a PostScript output file.
grep [-h|options] {pattern}
Grep through the source files, recursively, skipping patches
and quilt meta-information. If no filename argument is given,
the whole source tree is searched. Please see the grep(1)
manual page for options.
-h Print this help. The grep -h option can be passed after a
double-dash (--). Search expressions that start with a
dash can be passed after a second double-dash (-- --).
header [-a|-r|-e] [--backup] [--strip-diffstat] [--strip-
trailing-whitespace] [patch]
Print or change the header of the topmost or specified patch.
-a, -r, -e
Append to (-a) or replace (-r) the exiting patch header,
or edit (-e) the header in $EDITOR. If none of these
options is given, print the patch header.
--strip-diffstat
Strip diffstat output from the header.
--strip-trailing-whitespace
Strip trailing whitespace at the end of lines of the
header.
--backup
Create a backup copy of the old version of a patch as
patch~.
import [-p num] [-R] [-P patch] [-f] [-d {o|a|n}] patchfile ...
Import external patches. The patches will be inserted
following the current top patch, and must be pushed after
import to apply them.
-p num
Number of directory levels to strip when applying
(default=1)
-R
Apply patch in reverse.
-P patch
Patch filename to use inside quilt. This option can only
be used when importing a single patch.
-f Overwrite/update existing patches.
-d {o|a|n}
When overwriting in existing patch, keep the old (o), all
(a), or new (n) patch header. If both patches include
headers, this option must be specified. This option is
only effective when -f is used.
mail {--mbox file|--send} [-m text] [-M file] [--prefix prefix]
[--sender ...] [--from ...] [--to ...] [--cc ...] [--bcc ...]
[--subject ...] [--reply-to message] [--charset ...] [--signature
file] [first_patch [last_patch]]
Create mail messages from a specified range of patches, or
all patches in the series file, and either store them in a
mailbox file, or send them immediately. The editor is opened
with a template for the introduction. Please see
/usr/local/share/doc/quilt/README.MAIL for details. When
specifying a range of patches, a first patch name of `-'
denotes the first, and a last patch name of `-' denotes the
last patch in the series.
-m text
Text to use as the text in the introduction. When this
option is used, the editor will not be invoked, and the
patches will be processed immediately.
-M file
Like the -m option, but read the introduction from file.
--prefix prefix
Use an alternate prefix in the bracketed part of the
subjects generated. Defaults to `patch'.
--mbox file
Store all messages in the specified file in mbox format.
The mbox can later be sent using formail, for example.
--send
Send the messages directly.
--sender
The envelope sender address to use. The address must be
of the form `user@domain.name'. No display name is
allowed.
--from, --subject
The values for the From and Subject headers to use. If no
--from option is given, the value of the --sender option
is used.
--to, --cc, --bcc
Append a recipient to the To, Cc, or Bcc header.
--charset
Specify a particular message encoding on systems which
don't use UTF-8 or ISO-8859-15. This character encoding
must match the one used in the patches.
--signature file
Append the specified signature to messages (defaults to
~/.signature if found; use `-' for no signature).
--reply-to message
Add the appropriate headers to reply to the specified
message.
new [-p n|-p ab] {patchname}
Create a new patch with the specified file name, and insert
it after the topmost patch. The name can be prefixed with a
sub-directory name, allowing for grouping related patches
together.
-p n
Create a -p n style patch (-p0 or -p1 are supported).
-p ab
Create a -p1 style patch, but use a/file and b/file as
the original and new filenames instead of the default
dir.orig/file and dir/file names.
Quilt can be used in sub-directories of a source tree. It
determines the root of a source tree by searching for a
directory above the current working directory. Create a
directory in the intended root directory if quilt chooses
a top-level directory that is too high up in the
directory tree.
next [patch]
Print the name of the next patch after the specified or
topmost patch in the series file.
patches [-v] [--color[=always|auto|never]] {file} [files...]
Print the list of patches that modify any of the specified
files. (Uses a heuristic to determine which files are
modified by unapplied patches. Note that this heuristic is
much slower than scanning applied patches.)
-v Verbose, more user friendly output.
--color[=always|auto|never]
Use syntax coloring (auto activates it only if the output
is a tty).
pop [-afRqv] [--refresh] [num|patch]
Remove patch(es) from the stack of applied patches. Without
options, the topmost patch is removed. When a number is
specified, remove the specified number of patches. When a
patch name is specified, remove patches until the specified
patch end up on top of the stack. Patch names may include
the patches/ prefix, which means that filename completion can
be used.
-a Remove all applied patches.
-f Force remove. The state before the patch(es) were applied
will be restored from backup files.
-R Always verify if the patch removes cleanly; don't rely on
timestamp checks.
-q Quiet operation.
-v Verbose operation.
--refresh
Automatically refresh every patch before it gets
unapplied.
previous [patch]
Print the name of the previous patch before the specified or
topmost patch in the series file.
push [-afqvm] [--fuzz=N] [--merge[=merge|diff3]] [--leave-
rejects] [--color[=always|auto|never]] [--refresh] [num|patch]
Apply patch(es) from the series file. Without options, the
next patch in the series file is applied. When a number is
specified, apply the specified number of patches. When a
patch name is specified, apply all patches up to and
including the specified patch. Patch names may include the
patches/ prefix, which means that filename completion can be
used.
-a Apply all patches in the series file.
-q Quiet operation.
-f Force apply, even if the patch has rejects.
-v Verbose operation.
--fuzz=N
Set the maximum fuzz factor (default: 2).
-m, --merge[=merge|diff3]
Merge the patch file into the original files (see
patch(1)).
--leave-rejects
Leave around the reject files patch produced, even if the
patch is not actually applied.
--color[=always|auto|never]
Use syntax coloring (auto activates it only if the output
is a tty).
--refresh
Automatically refresh every patch after it was
successfully applied.
refresh [-p n|-p ab] [-u|-U num|-c|-C num] [-z[new_name]] [-f]
[--no-timestamps] [--no-index] [--diffstat] [--sort] [--backup]
[--strip-trailing-whitespace] [patch]
Refreshes the specified patch, or the topmost patch by
default. Documentation that comes before the actual patch in
the patch file is retained.
It is possible to refresh patches that are not on top. If
any patches on top of the patch to refresh modify the same
files, the script aborts by default. Patches can still be
refreshed with -f. In that case this script will print a
warning for each shadowed file, changes by more recent
patches will be ignored, and only changes in files that have
not been modified by any more recent patches will end up in
the specified patch.
-p n
Create a -p n style patch (-p0 or -p1 supported).
-p ab
Create a -p1 style patch, but use a/file and b/file as
the original and new filenames instead of the default
dir.orig/file and dir/file names.
-u, -U num, -c, -C num
Create a unified diff (-u, -U) with num lines of context.
Create a context diff (-c, -C) with num lines of context.
The number of context lines defaults to 3.
-z[new_name]
Create a new patch containing the changes instead of
refreshing the topmost patch. If no new name is
specified, `-2' is added to the original patch name, etc.
(See the fork command.)
--no-timestamps
Do not include file timestamps in patch headers.
--no-index
Do not output Index: lines.
--diffstat
Add a diffstat section to the patch header, or replace
the existing diffstat section.
-f Enforce refreshing of a patch that is not on top.
--backup
Create a backup copy of the old version of a patch as
patch~.
--sort
Sort files by their name instead of preserving the
original order.
--strip-trailing-whitespace
Strip trailing whitespace at the end of lines.
remove [-P patch] {file} ...
Remove one or more files from the topmost or named patch.
Files that are modified by patches on top of the specified
patch cannot be removed.
-P patch
Remove named files from the named patch.
rename [-P patch] new_name
Rename the topmost or named patch.
-P patch
Patch to rename.
revert [-P patch] {file} ...
Revert uncommitted changes to the topmost or named patch for
the specified file(s): after the revert, 'quilt diff -z' will
show no differences for those files. Changes to files that
are modified by patches on top of the specified patch cannot
be reverted.
-P patch
Revert changes in the named patch.
series [--color[=always|auto|never]] [-v]
Print the names of all patches in the series file.
--color[=always|auto|never]
Use syntax coloring (auto activates it only if the output
is a tty).
-v Verbose, more user friendly output.
setup [-d path-prefix] [-v] [--sourcedir dir] [--fuzz=N]
[--slow|--fast] {specfile|seriesfile}
Initializes a source tree from an rpm spec file or a quilt
series file.
-d Optional path prefix for the resulting source tree.
--sourcedir
Directory that contains the package sources. Defaults to
`.'.
-v Verbose debug output.
--fuzz=N
Set the maximum fuzz factor (needs rpm 4.6 or later).
--slow
Use the original, slow method to process the spec file.
In this mode, rpmbuild generates a working tree in a
temporary directory while all its actions are recorded,
and then everything is replayed from scratch in the
target directory.
--fast
Use the new, faster method to process the spec file. In
this mode, rpmbuild is told to generate a working tree
directly in the target directory. This is the default
(since quilt version 0.67).
The setup command is only guaranteed to work properly on
spec files where applying all the patches is the last
thing done in the %prep section. This is a design
limitation due to the fact that quilt can only operate on
patches. If other commands in the %prep section modify
the patched files, they must come first, otherwise you
won't be able to push the patch series.
For example, a %prep section where you first unpack a
tarball, then apply patches, and lastly perform a tree-
wide string substitution, is not OK. For "quilt setup" to
work, it would have to be changed to unpacking the
tarball, then performing the tree-wide string
substitution, and lastly applying the patches.
snapshot [-d]
Take a snapshot of the current working state. After taking
the snapshot, the tree can be modified in the usual ways,
including pushing and popping patches. A diff against the
tree at the moment of the snapshot can be generated with
`quilt diff --snapshot'.
-d Only remove current snapshot.
top
Print the name of the topmost patch on the current stack of
applied patches.
unapplied [patch]
Print a list of patches that are not applied, or all patches
that follow the specified patch in the series file.
upgrade
Upgrade the meta-data in a working tree from an old version
of quilt to the current version. This command is only needed
when the quilt meta-data format has changed, and the working
tree still contains old-format meta-data. In that case, quilt
will request to run `quilt upgrade'.
These options are common to all quilt commands.
-h Print a usage message (for the given command, if one is
specified, otherwise for quilt itself) and exit.
--quiltrc file
Use file as the configuration file instead of ~/.quiltrc
(or /etc/quilt.quiltrc if ~/.quiltrc does not exist). The
special value “-” causes quilt not to read any
configuration file.
--trace
Run the command in the shell's trace mode (-x) for
debugging of internal operations.
--version
Print the version number and exit.
The exit status is 0 if the requested operation completed
successfully, or 1 in case of error.
An exit status of 2 indicates that quilt did not do anything to
complete the command. This happens in particular when asking
quilt to push when the whole stack is already pushed, or to pop
when the whole stack is already popped. This behavior is
intended to ease scripting with quilt.
Quilt recognizes the following variables:
EDITOR
Specify the program to run to edit files; for instance, with
“quilt edit” or “quilt header -e”.
LESS
Specify the arguments used to invoke the less(1) pager.
Defaults to “-FRSX”.
Example of working tree
project-1.2.3/
├── patches/
│ ├── series (list of patches to apply)
│ ├── patch1.diff (one particular patch)
│ ├── patch2.diff
│ └── ...
├── .pc/
│ ├── .quilt_patches (content of QUILT_PATCHES)
│ ├── .quilt_series (content of QUILT_SERIES)
│ ├── patch1.diff/ (copy of patched files)
│ │ └── ...
│ ├── patch2.diff/
│ │ └── ...
│ └── ...
└── ...
The patches directory is precious as it contains all your patches
as well as the order in which they should be applied.
The .pc directory contains metadata about the current state of
your patch series. Changing its content is not advised. This
directory can usually be regenerated from the initial files and
the content of the patches directory (provided that all patches
were regenerated before the removal).
Configuration file
Upon startup, quilt evaluates the file specified with the
“--quiltrc” option; if that option is not given, the file
.quiltrc in the user's home directory is used, and if that does
not exist, /etc/quilt.quiltrc is read. This file is a bash(1)
script. EDITOR and LESS can be overridden here if desired; see
ENVIRONMENT, above.
Define a variable of the form QUILT_COMMAND_ARGS to specify
default options to be passed to any quilt command (in uppercase).
For example,
QUILT_DIFF_ARGS="--color=auto"
causes the output of “quilt diff” to be syntax-colored when
writing to a terminal.
QUILT_DIFF_OPTS
Additional options that quilt shall pass to GNU diff when
generating patches. A useful setting for C source code is
“-p”, which causes GNU diff to show in the resulting patch
which function a change is in.
QUILT_PATCH_OPTS
Additional options that quilt shall pass to GNU patch when
applying patches. For example, recent versions of GNU patch
support the “--reject-format=unified” option for generating
reject files in “unified diff” style (older patch versions
used “--unified-reject-files” for that).
You may also want to add the “-E” option if you have issues
with quilt not deleting empty files when you think it should.
The documentation of GNU patch says that “normally this
option is unnecessary”, but when patch is in POSIX mode or if
the patch format doesn't distinguish empty files from deleted
files, patch deletes empty files only if the “-E” option is
given. Beware that when passing “-E” to patch, quilt will no
longer be able to deal with empty files, which is why using
“-E” is no longer the default.
QUILT_DIFFSTAT_OPTS
indicates additional options that quilt shall pass to
diffstat(1) when generating patch statistics. For example,
“-f0” can be used for an alternative output format. Recent
versions of diffstat also support alternative rounding
methods (“-r1”, “-r2”).
QUILT_PC
The location of backup files and any other data relating to
the current state of the working directory from quilt's
perspective. Defaults to “.pc”.
QUILT_PATCHES
The location of patch files, defaulting to patches.
QUILT_SERIES
The name of the series file, defaulting to series. Unless an
absolute path is used, the search algorithm described above
applies.
QUILT_PATCHES_PREFIX
Boolean flag; if set to anything, quilt will prefix any patch
name it prints with its directory (QUILT_PATCHES).
QUILT_NO_DIFF_INDEX
Boolean flag; if set to anything, no “Index:” line is
prepended to patches generated by quilt. This is shorthand
for adding “--no-index” to both QUILT_DIFF_ARGS and
QUILT_REFRESH_ARGS.
QUILT_NO_DIFF_TIMESTAMPS
Boolean flag; if set to anything, no timestamps are included
in headers when generating patches. This is shorthand for
adding “--no-timestamps” to both QUILT_DIFF_ARGS and
QUILT_REFRESH_ARGS.
QUILT_PAGER
The pager quilt shall use for commands which produce
paginated output. If unset, the value of GIT_PAGER or,
failing that, PAGER is used. If none of these variables is
set, “less -R” is used. An empty value indicates that no
pager should be used.
QUILT_COLORS
A sequence of definitions that directs quilt which ANSI
escape sequences to associate with an output context,
overriding the defaults. The most common use is to set
colors (thus the name of this variable), but other attributes
exist, such as bold or reverse.
To override one or more settings, set QUILT_COLORS to a
colon-separated list of elements, each of the form “format-
name=digit-sequence[;...]”.
Each digit-sequence should be a SGR (Select Graphic
Rendition) value supported by your terminal. The
standardized SGR values were specified by ANSI and
incorporated into ISO-6429 and ECMA-48 (§8.3.117). The
colors have standard names but their values were not defined
within a color space; their precise appearance will vary and
may be customizable in your terminal (emulator).
Recognized format-names, along with the quilt commands that
use them, their use contexts, and default values, follow.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ format-name command context default │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ diff_add diff added lines 36 (cyan) │
│ diff_cctx diff asterisk sequences 33 (yellow) │
│ diff_ctx diff text after hunk 35 (magenta) │
│ diff_hdr diff index line 32 (green) │
│ diff_hunk diff hunk header 33 (yellow) │
│ diff_mod diff modified lines 35 (magenta) │
│ diff_rem diff removed lines 35 (magenta) │
│ patch_fail push failure message 31 (red) │
│ patch_fuzz push fuzz information 35 (magenta) │
│ patch_offs push offset information 33 (yellow) │
│ series_app series applied patch names 32 (green) │
│ series_top series top patch name 33 (yellow) │
│ series_una series unapplied patch names 0 (none) │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
All format-names used by the series command are also used by
the patches command.
The special format-name “clear” is used to turn off special
graphic renditions and return to the terminal defaults.
Changing its definition should not be necessary for any
terminal that claims to support ANSI escape sequences. If
your terminal is corrupted despite your best efforts, try the
command “tput sgr0” to restore the default graphic rendition.
As an example, one can put the following in ~/.quiltrc (or
/etc/quilt.quiltrc):
QUILT_DIFF_ARGS="--color"
# Render diff file headers in bold blue over yellow.
# Render diff hunk headers in "negative image" yellow.
# Render failed patches with a red background.
QUILT_COLORS="diff_hdr=1;34;43:diff_hunk=7;33:patch_fail=41"
Quilt started as a series of scripts written by Andrew Morton
(patch-scripts). Based on Andrew's ideas, Andreas Grünbacher
completely rewrote the scripts, with the help of several other
contributors (see the file AUTHORS in the distribution).
This man page was written by Martin Quinson, based on information
found in the PDF documentation, and in the help message of each
command.
Please refer to the PDF documentation for a full example of use
(under SEE ALSO below).
How to Survive with Many Patches, or: Introduction to Quilt is
installed at /usr/local/share/doc/quilt/quilt.pdf. Note that
some distributors compress this file. zxpdf(1) can be used to
display compressed PDF files.
The GNU Diffutils manual, Comparing and Merging Files
⟨https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/⟩, documents diff
and patch in detail.
Control Functions for Coded Character Sets (ECMA-48)
⟨https://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-048.htm⟩
specifies the ANSI escape sequences used by QUILT_COLORS; section
8.3.117 will be of the most interest. See console_codes(4) for a
more convenient, if less canonical, resource.
diff(1), diffstat(1), guards(1), patch(1)
This page is part of the quilt (tool to manage series of patches)
project. Information about the project can be found at
⟨http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt⟩. If you have a bug
report for this manual page, see
⟨http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=quilt⟩. This page was
obtained from the project's upstream Git repository
⟨git://git.savannah.nongnu.org/quilt.git⟩ on 2024-06-14. (At
that time, the date of the most recent commit that was found in
the repository was 2024-06-06.) If you discover any rendering
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