QLPrettyPatch
QLPrettyPatch is a QuickLook generator for patch files.
Once installed, you can select patch file attachments in an email or patch files in Finder, hit spacebar
and get a colorized/prettified representation of the patch.
From the Terminal, you can also run qlmanage -p /path/to/my.patch
to open the patch in a QuickLook preview pane.
Installation
There are two options for installation:
- To install a pre-built copy, head to the Releases page and download the latest
QLPrettyPatch.qlgenerator.zip
file. Unzip the archive, and copyQLPrettyPatch.qlgenerator
to~/Library/QuickLook/
. - To build your own copy, clone the project, open
QLPrettyPatch.xcproj
in Xcode and build theInstall
target. The build product will automatically be copied to~/Library/QuickLook/QLPrettyPatch.qlgeneator
.
Credits
QLPrettyPatch uses the incredibly useful PrettyPatch formatter, which is used by the patch review system on bugs.webkit.org.
Related Tools
If you find yourself sending emails with patch attachments and want to include a prettified version of the patch in the email body, you should take a look at my atnan/purdypatch command line tool. It uses the same underlying formatter as this QuickLook generator.