Command-line tool

wiggle

brew/wiggle

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Program for applying patches with conflicting changes

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install wiggle

Linux

brew install wiggle

Apply changes from the patch file to the original file

wiggle path/to/file.patch

Apply changes to the output file

wiggle path/to/file.patch -o path/to/output_file.txt

Take any changes in `file.rej` that could not have been applied and merge them into a file

wiggle -r path/to/file path/to/file.rej

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