quilt ☆

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Description:
Work with series of patches

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: patch-management version-control development patches linux

Install: brew install quilt

About:
Quilt is a tool for managing a series of patches by keeping track of changes made to a source code tree. It allows developers to apply, unapply, and reorder patches easily, functioning like a stack-based patch management system. This simplifies the maintenance of out-of-tree modifications or feature branches without complex version control operations.

Key Features:

Stack-based patch management
Integration with patch and diff utilities
Commands for adding, refreshing, and removing patches
Manages dependencies between patch files

Use Cases:

Maintaining out-of-tree kernel patches
Managing a series of bugfixes for a software release
Organizing experimental features in a separate patch stack

Alternatives:

git – Git provides comprehensive version control, whereas Quilt focuses specifically on linear patch stack management without requiring a VCS.
mpatch – mpatch is a simpler patch utility, while Quilt offers a full suite of commands for complex patch series workflows.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 22, 2024 3:34pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	9abd6cd3
Sep 12, 2024 12:12pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	4cc08eb9