Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: whatthepatch
Version: 0.0.5
Summary: A patch parsing library.
Home-page: https://github.com/cscorley/whatthepatch
Author: Christopher S. Corley
Author-email: cscorley@crimson.ua.edu
License: MIT
Description: What The Patch!?
        ================
        
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        What The Patch!? is a library for parsing patch files. Its only purpose is to
        read a patch file and get it into some usable form by other programs.
        
        Features
        ---------
        
        - Parsing of almost all ``diff`` formats (except forwarded ed):
        
          - normal (default, --normal)
          - copied context (-c, --context)
          - unified context (-u, --unified)
          - ed script (-e, --ed)
          - rcs ed script (-n, --rcs)
        
        - Parsing of several SCM patches:
        
          - CVS
          - SVN
          - Git
        
        Installation
        ------------
        
        To install What The Patch!?, simply:
        
        .. code-block:: bash
        
            $ pip install whatthepatch
        
        Usage
        =====
        
        Let us say we have a patch file containing some changes, aptly named
        'somechanges.patch':
        
        .. code-block:: diff
        
            --- lao	2012-12-26 23:16:54.000000000 -0600
            +++ tzu	2012-12-26 23:16:50.000000000 -0600
            @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
            -The Way that can be told of is not the eternal Way;
            -The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
             The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth;
            -The Named is the mother of all things.
            +The named is the mother of all things.
            +
             Therefore let there always be non-being,
               so we may see their subtlety,
              And let there always be being,
            @@ -9,3 +8,6 @@
             The two are the same,
             But after they are produced,
               they have different names.
            +They both may be called deep and profound.
            +Deeper and more profound,
            +The door of all subtleties!
        
        
        Parsing
        -------
        
        Here is how we would use What The Patch!? in Python to get the changeset for
        each diff in the patch:
        
        .. code-block:: python
        
            >>> import whatthepatch
            >>> with open('somechanges.patch') as f:
            ...     text = f.read()
            ...
            >>> for diff in whatthepatch.parse_patch(text):
            ...     print(diff)
            ...
            diff(header=header(
                                index_path=None,
                                old_path='lao',
                                old_version='2012-12-26 23:16:54.000000000 -0600',
                                new_path='tzu',
                                new_version='2012-12-26 23:16:50.000000000 -0600'
                                ),
                changes=[
                    (1, None,   'The Way that can be told of is not the eternal Way;'),
                    (2, None,   'The name that can be named is not the eternal name.'),
                    (3, 1,      'The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth;'),
                    (4, None,   'The Named is the mother of all things.'),
                    (None, 2,   'The named is the mother of all things.'),
                    (None, 3,   ''),
                    (5, 4,      'Therefore let there always be non-being,'),
                    (6, 5,      '  so we may see their subtlety,'),
                    (7, 6,      'And let there always be being,'),
                    (9, 8,      'The two are the same,'),
                    (10, 9,     'But after they are produced,'),
                    (11, 10,    '  they have different names.'),
                    (None, 11,  'They both may be called deep and profound.'),
                    (None, 12,  'Deeper and more profound,'),
                    (None, 13,  'The door of all subtleties!')
                    ]
                )
        
        *Edited to show structure of the results*
        
        The changes are listed as they are in the patch, but instead of the +/- syntax
        of the patch, we get a tuple of two numbers and the text of the line.
        What these numbers indicate are as follows:
        
        #. ``( 1, None, ... )`` indicates line 1 of the file lao was **removed**.
        #. ``( None, 2, ... )`` indicates line 2 of the file tzu was **inserted**.
        #. ``( 5, 4, ... )`` indicates that line 5 of lao and line 4 of tzu are **equal**.
        
        Please note that not all patch formats provide the actual lines modified, so some 
        results will have the text portion of the tuple set to ``None``.
        
        Applying
        --------
        
        To apply a diff to some lines of text, first read the patch and parse it.
        
        .. code-block:: python
        
            >>> import whatthepatch
            >>> with open('somechanges.patch') as f:
            ...     text = f.read()
            ...
            >>> with open('lao') as f:
            ...     lao = f.read()
            ...
            >>> diff = [x for x in whatthepatch.parse_patch(text)]
            >>> diff = diff[0]
            >>> tzu = whatthepatch.apply_diff(diff, lao)
        
        
        Contribute
        ==========
        
        #. Fork this repository
        #. Create a new branch to work on
        #. Commit your tests and/or changes
        #. Push and create a pull request here!
        
        
Keywords: patch,diff,parser
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Version Control
Classifier: Topic :: Text Processing
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
