gpatch

brew install gpatch v2.8 GPL-3.0-or-later

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GNU "patch" has been installed as "gpatch".
If you need to use it as "patch", you can add a "gnubin" directory
to your PATH from your bashrc like:

    PATH="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/gpatch/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"

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