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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
version="5.0"
xml:id="sec-nix-generate-patches">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>nix-generate-patches</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="../version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>nix-generate-patches</refname>
<refpurpose>generates binary patches between NAR files</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>nix-generate-patches</command>
<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>NAR-DIR</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>PATCH-DIR</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>PATCH-URI</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>OLD-MANIFEST</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>NEW-MANIFEST</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsection><title>Description</title>
<para>The command <command>nix-generate-patches</command> generates
binary patches between NAR files listed in OLD-MANIFEST and NEW-MANIFEST.
The patches are written to the directory PATCH-DIR, and the prefix
PATCH-URI is used to generate URIs for the patches. The patches are
added to NEW-MANIFEST. All NARs are required to exist in NAR-DIR.
Patches are generated between succeeding versions of packages with
the same name.</para>
</refsection>
</refentry>