Command-line tool

gpatch

brew/gpatch

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Apply a diff file to an original

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id GnuWin32.Patch -e
scoop install patch

macOS

brew install gpatch

Linux

brew install gpatch

Apply a patch using a diff file (filenames must be included in the diff file)

patch -i patch.diff

Apply a patch to a specific file

patch -i patch.diff path/to/file

Patch a file writing the result to a different file

patch -i patch.diff path/to/input_file -o path/to/output_file

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