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xdelta

A delta encoding utility to generate and apply patches to binary files. For the modern version (v3), see xdelta3. More information: https://manned.org/xdelta.

• Generate a patch (delta) between two files:

xdelta delta {{path/to/old_file}} {{path/to/new_file}} {{path/to/patch_file}}

• Apply a patch to an old file to reconstruct the new file:

xdelta patch {{path/to/patch_file}} {{path/to/old_file}} {{path/to/new_file}}

• Generate a patch with a specific compression level:

xdelta delta -{{0..9}} {{path/to/old_file}} {{path/to/new_file}} {{path/to/patch_file}}