The Apply Patch dialog is used to apply a patch file. Only text modifications are applied.
Figure 1. Apply Patch dialog
- Patch file
- The path of the selected patch file.
- Root dir
- The path of the directory where the patch is to be applied.
- Skip directories
- Integer value defining the directory level to be search for the file to be patched.
- Create file if not existing
- If the file to be patched is not present in the current directory path, the corresponding file will be created as an unversioned file. If the file is unchecked in the SVN Status view, the corresponding file will not be created.
- Test apply patch
- Displays the output of the Apply Patch command without actually applying it to the files; files will not be modified.
- Show files
- Opens a dialog displaying a list of all the files that will be patched.