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# Third Party Package Patching
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This directory includes local patches to third party dependencies we use in Prysm. Sometimes,
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we need to make a small change to some dependency for ease of use in Prysm without wanting
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to maintain our own fork of the dependency ourselves. Our build tool, [Bazel](https://bazel.build)
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allows us to include patches in a seamless manner based on simple diff rules.
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This README outlines how patching works in Prysm and an explanation of previously
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created patches.
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**Given maintaining a patch can be difficult and tedious,
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patches are NOT the recommended way of modifying dependencies in Prysm
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unless really needed**
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## Table of Contents
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- [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
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- [Creating a Patch](#creating-a-patch)
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- [Ethereum APIs Patch](#ethereum-apis-patch)
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- [Updating Patches](#updating-patches)
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## Prerequisites
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**Bazel Installation:**
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- The latest release of [Bazel](https://docs.bazel.build/versions/master/install.html)
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- A modern UNIX operating system (MacOS included)
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## Creating a Patch
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To create a patch, we need an original version of a dependency which we will refer to as `a`
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and the patched version referred to as `b`.
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```
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cd /tmp
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git clone https://github.com/someteam/somerepo a
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git clone https://github.com/someteam/somerepo b && cd b
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```
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Then, make all your changes in `b` and finally create the diff of all your changes as follows:
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```
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cd ..
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diff -ur --exclude=".git" a b > $GOPATH/src/github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/third_party/YOURPATCH.patch
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```
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Next, we need to tell the Bazel [WORKSPACE](https://github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/blob/master/WORKSPACE) to patch the specific dependency.
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Here's an example for a patch we use today for the [Ethereum APIs](https://github.com/prysmaticlabs/ethereumapis)
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dependency:
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```
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go_repository(
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name = "com_github_prysmaticlabs_ethereumapis",
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commit = "367ca574419a062ae26818f60bdeb5751a6f538",
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patch_args = ["-p1"],
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patches = [
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"//third_party:com_github_prysmaticlabs_ethereumapis-tags.patch",
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],
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importpath = "github.com/prysmaticlabs/ethereumapis",
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)
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```
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Now, when used in Prysm, the dependency you patched will have the patched modifications
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when you run your code.
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