patch-package 0.1.2

Automatically generate and apply patches to fix installed packages

patch-package

patch-package is a Python library to automatically create and apply patches from changes made in installed packages. It is heavily inspired by patch-package which is the equivalent for Node packages.

Features

• Compatible with Python 2.7 and Python 3.5+
• Automatic code change detection between installed package and package source from pip
• Prevent patching when version or code are mismatching
• Automatic matching between import names and package names (e.g. yaml -> PyYAML) and fuzzy matching (e.g. request -> requests)

Usage

Install the library from PyPI

pip install patch-package

Make a change in one of your installed package and then generate the corresponding patch

patch-package <package-name>

Then when reinstalling the package you can apply back your patches

patch-package

All patches are contained in the patches/ folder so it can be commited to git and reapply whenever you want