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User Patch Framework
This directory contains sizable user submitted patches that were rejected from mainline as they tend to be more subjective in nature.
The patches will be adapted on each release when necessary (v4.1 onwards). Each patch can be applied through its respective make variable during compilation. In case inter-patch merge conflicts occur, a compatability patch is provided and will automatically be applied.
List of patches
Patch (a-z) | Description | Make var |
---|---|---|
colemak | Key bindings for Colemak-DH keyboard layout | O_COLEMAK |
gitstatus | Add git status column to the detail view. Provides command line flag -G to show column in normal mode. |
O_GITSTATUS |
namefirst | Print filenames first in the detail view. Print user/group columns when a directory contains different users/groups. | O_NAMEFIRST |
restorepreview | Add pipe to close and restore preview-tui for internal undetached edits (e key) |
O_RESTOREPREVIEW |
To apply a patch, use the corresponding make variable, e.g.:
make O_NAMEFIRST=1
When contributing/adding a new patch, make sure to add the make variable to the patches array in ./misc/test/check-patches.sh
as well so that patch failures can be easily tested.
Resolving patch conflicts
Patch conflicts can be checked locally by running make checkpatches
or by running ./patches/check-patches.sh
manually.
Whenever patch conflicts occur on the latest master, pull requests resolving them are welcome. Let's say a conflict occurs in the restorepreview
patch. The best way to resolve this conflict would be something along the lines of:
- Ensure you're on latest master and run
cp src/nnn.c src/nnn.c.orig && PATCH_OPTS="--merge" make O_RESTOREPREVIEW=1
. This will save a copy of the source from master insrc/nnn.c.orig
and generate conflict markers insrc/nnn.c
. - Next edit
src.nnn
, resolve all the conflicts around the conflict markers(<<<<<<<
), and save. - Then run
diff -u src/nnn.c.orig src/nnn.c > patch.diff
to generate the new patch file and copy the contents topatches/restorepreview/mainline.diff
(keeping the description comment at the start of the file).