vcpkg/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_apply_patches.md

# vcpkg_apply_patches

**This function has been deprecated in favor of the `PATCHES` argument to [`vcpkg_from_github()`](vcpkg_from_github.md) et al.**

The latest version of this document lives in the [vcpkg repo](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_apply_patches.md).

Apply a set of patches to a source tree.

```cmake
vcpkg_apply_patches(
    SOURCE_PATH <${SOURCE_PATH}>
    [QUIET]
    PATCHES <patch1.patch>...
)
```

## Source
[scripts/cmake/vcpkg\_apply\_patches.cmake](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_apply_patches.cmake)
[vcpkg-docs] Rework documentation for compatibility with readthedocs.io and MkDocs. 2017-05-25 14:33:16 +08:00			`# vcpkg_apply_patches`

[docs] link to new functions in deprecated warnings (#17179) * [docs] link to new functions in deprecated warnings * [docs] add deprecation messages to portfile-functions.md * [docs] also update documentation in .cmake files * [docs] introduce new directive DEPRECATED BY in the documentation generation script and use that directive * Trigger Build * Trigger Build * Trigger Build 2021-05-10 01:47:21 +08:00			This function has been deprecated in favor of the `PATCHES` argument to [`vcpkg_from_github()`](vcpkg_from_github.md) et al.
[scripts-audit] Rollup PR 2021-02-26 (#16440) * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16419 * pull the cmake doc comment parsing out into its own function * support cmake helper ports * add real support for deprecation, as opposed to ad-hoc * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16192 * add a z_ in front of internal functions * move internal functions out set feature_vars again in parent scope * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16309 Audit vcpkg_copy_pdbs * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16304 * Fix usage, documentation * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16393 * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16377 Deprecate `vcpkg__cmake` in favor of `vcpkg_cmake_` from the `vcpkg-cmake` port, as well as `vcpkg_fixup_cmake_targets` in favor of `vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup` from the `vcpkg-cmake-config` port. 2021-03-01 05:17:19 +08:00
[docs] Fix the automatically generated document URL (#16611) * [document] Fix the automatically generated document URL * [docs] Format all documents 2021-03-11 01:56:07 +08:00			`The latest version of this document lives in the [vcpkg repo](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_apply_patches.md).`
[scripts-audit] Rollup PR 2021-02-26 (#16440) * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16419 * pull the cmake doc comment parsing out into its own function * support cmake helper ports * add real support for deprecation, as opposed to ad-hoc * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16192 * add a z_ in front of internal functions * move internal functions out set feature_vars again in parent scope * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16309 Audit vcpkg_copy_pdbs * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16304 * Fix usage, documentation * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16393 * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16377 Deprecate `vcpkg__cmake` in favor of `vcpkg_cmake_` from the `vcpkg-cmake` port, as well as `vcpkg_fixup_cmake_targets` in favor of `vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup` from the `vcpkg-cmake-config` port. 2021-03-01 05:17:19 +08:00
			`Apply a set of patches to a source tree.`
[vcpkg-docs] Rework documentation for compatibility with readthedocs.io and MkDocs. 2017-05-25 14:33:16 +08:00
			```cmake
			`vcpkg_apply_patches(`
			`SOURCE_PATH <${SOURCE_PATH}>`
			`[QUIET]`
			`PATCHES <patch1.patch>...`
			`)`
			```

			`## Source`
[scripts-audit] Rollup PR 2021-02-26 (#16440) * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16419 * pull the cmake doc comment parsing out into its own function * support cmake helper ports * add real support for deprecation, as opposed to ad-hoc * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16192 * add a z_ in front of internal functions * move internal functions out set feature_vars again in parent scope * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16309 Audit vcpkg_copy_pdbs * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16304 * Fix usage, documentation * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16393 * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16377 Deprecate `vcpkg__cmake` in favor of `vcpkg_cmake_` from the `vcpkg-cmake` port, as well as `vcpkg_fixup_cmake_targets` in favor of `vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup` from the `vcpkg-cmake-config` port. 2021-03-01 05:17:19 +08:00			`[scripts/cmake/vcpkg\_apply\_patches.cmake](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_apply_patches.cmake)`