Patch manager

Patch manager provides a developer tool for managing patches to core and contributed modules.

Patching core or contributed modules introduces a host of maintainability problems when it comes time to upgrade.

• patch files get lost, developers must re-find patches after each upgrade
• patch files conflict after an upgrade, no one can remember why the patch was made in the first place leading to regressions
• modules aren't upgraded because they were once patched and now it's difficult to work out if the problem has been fixed upstream

This module provides a solution to all of these problems:

• patches are stored on the filesystem, and tracked with the patch manager
• patches can be applied and rolled back with a button click
• an administration interface lists each patch along with the module, description and issue numbers
• patches are stored as nodes, allowing extra patch information to be added with CCK (e.g. redmine or trac issue numbers)
• notification of when the drupal.org issue status changes [in the next version]

This module requires the following modules:

• views
• cck (text submodule)
• filefield
• views_bulk_operations (optional)

See the README.txt for more information.

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