This script is a tool for generating and applying recursive XDelta3 diffs from sources in various forms (zip, tgz, folder) since no tool exists to do this efficiently right now. The code was written with portability in mind so it is in Python3 and contained in one script (even though it makes developments a bit tricky). While the code has decent tests and robust QA process (for the *nix platform), it was developed for a very specific use case and should be treated as beta software but it's open source so feel free to open pull requests for it.
NOTE: This package is at this point in maintenance mode. This doesn't mean that it is broken and/or outdated software but any new features will probably have to be added outside of the original creators/maintainers (@sgnn7, @dbnicholson).
usage: xdelta3-dir-patcher [-h] [-s [STAGING_DIR]] [--debug] [--verbose]
[--version]
{apply,diff} ...
Creates and applies XDelta3-based directory diff archive files
positional arguments:
{apply,diff}
apply Apply a diff from a directory. See "apply -help" for
more options
diff Generate a diff from directories/files. See "diff
-help" for more options
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-s [STAGING_DIR], --staging-dir [STAGING_DIR]
Use this directory for all staging output of this
program. Defaults to /tmp.
--debug Enable debugging output
--verbose Enable extremely verbose debugging output
--version show program's version number and exitxdelta3.exe in directory or in path (you can find a version here but rename it to xdelta3.exe)--ignore-euid when applying patchsetLGPL v2.1
Prerequisites:
Unittest builtin
python3 -m unittest discoverNosetests (requires prerequisite modules/packages)
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