NAME

       cdbs-edit-patch - create or edit a CDBS simple-patchsys.mk patch

SYNOPSIS

       cdbs-edit-patch patchname

DESCRIPTION

       cdbs-edit-patch  creates  or edits patches for use by the CDBS simple-patchsys.mk patch system.  For more
       information about CDBS please see the documentation under /usr/share/doc/cdbs/.

       When patchname exists, cdbs-edit-patch will set up a temporary working source tree, apply all patches  up
       to and including patchname in lexicographic order, and spawn an interactive shell for the developer.  The
       developer  can  then  edit  files  in this working tree.  When the developer is done and exits the shell,
       cdbs-edit-patch updates patchname to reflect the changes made.  To abort the process from the interactive
       shell, exit with a nonzero exit value.

       When patchname does not exist, cdbs-edit-patch will assume that a new patch should be created.   As  with
       the  above  scenario,  cdbs-edit-patch  will  first  create a temporary working source tree and apply all
       patches up to the new patch in lexicographic order.  When the shell is quit, cdbs-edit-patch will  create
       patchname.

AUTHOR

       CDBS  was  written by Colin Walters and others.  cdbs-edit-patch was written by Martin Pitt.  This manual
       page was written by Peter Eisentraut based on the dpatch-edit-patch(1) manual page.

SEE ALSO

       CDBS     documentation     in      /usr/share/doc/cdbs/,      /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/simple-patchsys.mk,
       dpatch-edit-patch(1), quilt(1)

Debian                                             5 Feb 2006                                 CDBS-EDIT-PATCH(1)