+ Support for most features of the "diff --git" format: renames
and copies, permission changes, symlink diffs. (Binary diffs
are not supported yet; patch will complain and skip them.)
+ Support for double-quoted filenames: when a filename in a
context diff starts with a double quote, it is interpreted as
a C string literal. The escape sequences \\, \", \a, \b, \f, \n,
\r, \t, \v, and \ooo (a three-digit octal number between 0 and
255) are recognized.
+ Refuse to patch read-only files by default, or at least warn
when patching such files with --force or --batch.
+ Refuse to apply a normal patch to a symlink. (Previous
versions of patch were wrongly replacing the symlink with a
regular file.)
+ When a timestamp specifies a time zone, honor that instead of
assuming the local time zone (--set-date) or Universal
Coordinated Time (--set-utc).
+ Support for nanosecond precision timestamps.
+ Many portability and bug fixes.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/devel:tools/patch?expand=0&rev=14
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