Managing multiple patches for a source file

[Seth McDonald]

On Tue, 01 Sep 2026 at 19:27:27 +1000, Joshua Root wrote:
> The patch command is smart enough to apply patches at an offset from the
> original line numbers if lines have been added or removed. You will get
> patch failures if multiple patches are modifying the same lines, or even
> lines that are too close to each other.
> 
> <https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_node/Inexact.html>

I see; thanks for the correction!

> If you end up managing
> patch series, you may find the quilt port useful.

I'll look into it :)

Take care,
	Seth McDonald.

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