conan.tools.files

conan.tools.files.patch()

def patch(conanfile, base_path=None, patch_file=None, patch_string=None,
          strip=0, fuzz=False, **kwargs):

Applies a diff from file (patch_file) or string (patch_string) in the conanfile.source_folder directory. The folder containing the sources can be customized with the self.folders attribute in the layout(self) method.

Parameters:

patch_file: Patch file that should be applied.
base_path: Relative path from conanfile.source_folder.
patch_string: Patch string that should be applied.
strip: Number of folders to be stripped from the path.
output: Stream object.
fuzz: Should accept fuzzy patches.
kwargs: Extra parameters that can be added and will contribute to output information.

from conan.tools.files import patch

def build(self):
    for it in self.conan_data.get("patches", {}).get(self.version, []):
        patch(self, **it)

conan.tools.files.apply_conandata_patches()

def apply_conandata_patches(conanfile):

Applies patches stored in conanfile.conan_data (read from conandata.yml file). It will apply all the patches under patches entry that matches the given conanfile.version. If versions are not defined in conandata.yml it will apply all the patches directly under patches keyword.

The key entries will be passed as kwargs to the patch function.

Example of conandata.yml without versions defined:

from conan.tools.files import apply_conandata_patches

def build(self):
    apply_conandata_patches(self)

patches:
- patch_file: "patches/0001-buildflatbuffers-cmake.patch"
- patch_file: "patches/0002-implicit-copy-constructor.patch"
  base_path: "subfolder"
  patch_type: backport
  patch_source: https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/5650
  patch_description: Needed to build with modern clang compilers.

Example of conandata.yml with different patches for different versions:

patches:
  "1.11.0":
    - patch_file: "patches/0001-buildflatbuffers-cmake.patch"
    - patch_file: "patches/0002-implicit-copy-constructor.patch"
      base_path: "subfolder"
      patch_type: backport
      patch_source: https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/5650
      patch_description: Needed to build with modern clang compilers.
  "1.12.0":
    - patch_file: "patches/0001-buildflatbuffers-cmake.patch"

conan.tools.files.rename()

def rename(conanfile, src, dst)

Utility functions to rename a file or folder src to dst. On Windows, it is very common that os.rename() raises an “Access is denied” exception, so this tool uses:command:robocopy if available. If that is not the case, or the rename is done in a non-Windows machine, it falls back to the os.rename() implementation.

from conan.tools.files import rename

def source(self):
    rename(self, "lib-sources-abe2h9fe", "sources")  # renaming a folder

Parameters:

conanfile: Conanfile object.
src (Required): Path to be renamed.
dst (Required): Path to be renamed to.