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Manipulating source code patches

US9158533B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Eitan Farchi · Pardes Hana-Karkur, IL
Abel Gordon · Haifa, IL
Nadav Yosef Har'El · Kiryat Shmona, IL
Moran Shochat · Zichron Ya'akov, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 16, 2012
Grant date	Oct 13, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 13, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/71
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computerized apparatus, a computer-implemented method and a computer program product for manipulating source code patches. The apparatus comprising a processor that is configured to: obtain a source code patch comprising plurality of source code modification instructions with respect to a source code and to automatically split the source code patch into plurality of sub-patches, wherein applying the plurality of sub-patches on the source code in an order is equivalent to applying the source code patch.

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