Applies a diff file to originals. Requires patch to be on the execution path.
| 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 Apache 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 numleading slashes from filenames. |
No |
| dir | The directory in which to run the patch command. |
No; default is the project's basedir |
| failonerror | Stop the build process if the command exits with a return code signaling failure. since Ant 1.8.0 | No; defaults to false |
Apply 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"/>
Here, one leading directory part will be removed:
<patch patchfile="module.1.0-1.1.patch" strip="1"/>
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.