Introduction

Sample scripts to experiment with diff and patch commands.

Workflow

Setup starting point: scripts/setup.sh

Store snapshot: scripts/store.sh

Make modifications to tmp/sample

Make patch: scripts/make-diff.sh >patches 42_something.patch

Add apply-patch to scripts/setup.sh script.

Scripts and directories

scripts/setup.sh

Copies sample to tmp directory and apply patches to it.

scripts/copy-original.sh

Copies sample to tmp directory.

scripts/store.sh

Makes snapshot from tmp/sample directory to tmp/snapshot directory.

scripts/restore.sh

Restores snapshot from tmp/snapshot directory to tmp/sample directory.

scripts/make-diff.sh

Makes diff between tmp/snapshot and tmp/sample. A patch can be made using command scripts/make-diff.sh >patches/01_change.patch.

scripts/apply-patch.sh

Applies a patch to tmp/sample directory. A patch an be applied using command scripts/apply-patch.sh <patches/01_change.patch.

scripts/chmod-scripts.sh

Sets execution bit to scripts/*.

scripts/cleanup.sh

Removes tmp directory.

patches/*

Some patch files.

tmp/sample

Working directory. Original sample with patches is copied here and modifications can be made here.

tmp/snapshot

A snapshot copy of tmp/sample directory.

Contact, bugs, ideas, comments, …

My name is Timo Kankare.

Email: timo.kankare@iki.fi

Feel free to contact me, if you have comments, problems, ideas, bug reports or something else related to these scripts.

License