# go-diff-patch

**Repository Path**: mirrors_sourcegraph/go-diff-patch

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: go-diff-patch
- **Description**: Go library for generating "git-compatible" patches
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: BSD-3-Clause
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2022-08-06
- **Last Updated**: 2025-12-14

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# go-diff-patch 

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A fork of [Go tools](https://golang.org/x/tools). Go-diff-patch is an utility library that is used to generate git-compatible patches that are appliable to any repository.

## Installation

`go-diff-patch` can be installed using the `go get` command as shown below:

```sh
go get github.com/sourcegraph/go-diff-patch
```

### Usage

The library exports a function `GeneratePatch` which computes edits between the original and updated file contents and produces a unified diff for them as a string. This patch can then be applied to a valid git repository containing the specified file(s).

An example can be found in the [`examples/` directory](https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/sourcegraph/go-diff-patch/-/blob/examples/example.go?L1%3A1-20%3A1=).