Library to parse and apply unified diffs.

Features

• Python 3 compatible
• Automatic correction of
  • Linefeeds according to patched file
  • Diffs broken by stripping trailing whitespace
  • a/ and b/ prefixes
• Single file, which is a command line tool and a library
• No dependencies outside Python stdlib
• Patch format detection (SVN, HG, GIT)
• Nice diffstat histogram
• Linux
• Test coverage

Things that don't work out of the box:

• File renaming, creation and removal
• Directory tree operations
• Version control specific properties
• Non-unified diff formats

Credits

Anatoly Techtonik Alex Stewart Wladimir J. van der Laan (laanwj) azasypkin Philippe Ombredanne mspncp Yen Chi Hsuan (@yan12125) Maciej Kucia