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gnu-patch

v2.6.0

Published

5 months ago

Npm wrapper that ships pre-extracted patch binaries and exposes them via the package bin entry (`patch`).

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gnu-patch

Npm wrapper that ships pre-extracted patch binaries and exposes them via the package bin entry (patch). Currently includes the GnuWin32 build; the structure allows adding other platforms.

Install

Global (adds patch to PATH via npm's global bin): npm install -g gnu-patch
Project-scoped (available via npx patch or node_modules/.bin/patch): npm install gnu-patch

Layout

bin/win32/patch.exe — bundled GnuWin32 binary.
bin/win32/docs/ — upstream docs and man pages (patch.1.txt, patch.1p.txt, AUTHORS, COPYING, ChangeLog).
Entry point: index.js (wired via package.json bin field to patch).

Platform behavior

Currently ships only the Windows binary; additional platforms can be added under bin/<platform>/.
Until other binaries are added, non-Windows hosts will exit with an explanatory error.

Postinstall

On Windows, scripts/postinstall.js only verifies that bin/win32/patch.exe exists; there are no downloads or extractions.
On non-Windows hosts, postinstall prints a skip notice and exits.

Usage

Global install: patch --version should work immediately (npm global bin is typically on PATH on Windows).
Local install: use npx patch or node_modules/.bin/patch (no system PATH changes).
If patch.exe ever goes missing, run npm rebuild gnu-patch or reinstall to restore bundled files.

License

MIT