Create and apply patches for file changes in node_modules.

A small (4.1kb minified + gzipped), fast alternative to patch-package. See the table of differences below.

Keep in mind that patch-files:

• Requires Node 18 or greater
• Should be run from the root of your project

To create a patch for a single file:

npx patch-files@latest node_modules/a/a.js

To create a patch for multiple files:

npx patch-files@latest node_modules/a/a.js,node_modules/b/b.js

To apply patches:

npx patch-files@latest

Two directories are created:

• patch-files is where patch files are written
• patch-files-cache is where the files fetched for comparison are written

You can apply patches in a postinstall script so patches are applied whenever you install your node modules:

{
  "scripts": {
    "postinstall": "npx patch-files@latest"
  }
}