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@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@ A Go library for parsing and applying patches generated by `git diff`, `git
show`, and `git format-patch`. It can also parse and apply unified diffs
generated by the standard `diff` tool.
## Status
In development, most functionality is currently missing, incomplete, or broken.
## Why another git/unified diff parser?
[Several][sourcegraph] [packages][sergi] with [similar][waigani]
[functionality][seletskiy] exist, so why did I write another?
1. No other libraries I found support binary diffs, as generated with the
`--binary` flag. This is the main reason for writing a new library, as the
1. No other packages I found support binary diffs, as generated with the
`--binary` flag. This is the main reason for writing a new packages, as the
format is pretty different from line-oriented diffs and is unique to Git.
2. Most other packages only parse patches, so you need another package to apply