NAME¶

texchanges-merge - resolve or merge Texchanges markup

SYNOPSIS¶

texchanges-merge [options] input [output]

DESCRIPTION¶

texchanges-merge accepts, rejects, or interactively resolves changes marked with Texchanges or supported compatibility commands. It can update decision statuses while preserving markup or permanently merge the selected result into the LaTeX source. The program requires Python 3.10 or later and uses only the Python standard library.

OPTIONS¶

-h, --help

Show the command help and exit.

--version

Show the program version and exit.

--accept

Accept matching changes.

--reject

Reject matching changes.

--interactive

Prompt for each matching change.

--merge

Remove markup and keep the resolved text instead of updating the status.

--author AUTHOR

Process only changes with the specified author ID.

--id CHANGE_ID

Process only the specified change ID.

--dry-run

Print a unified diff without writing files.

--in-place

Update the input file and create a backup.

--backup-suffix SUFFIX

Use SUFFIX for in-place backups instead of .bak.

EXIT STATUS¶

0

The operation completed successfully.

2

The command line or LaTeX markup was malformed.

EXAMPLES¶

Accept all changes and update their statuses in a separate file:

texchanges-merge paper.tex reviewed.tex --accept

Accept all changes and permanently remove the markup:

texchanges-merge paper.tex final.tex --accept --merge

Preview rejection of one change without writing a file:

texchanges-merge paper.tex --reject --id R12 --dry-run

FILES¶

An in-place operation creates a backup beside the input file. The default backup suffix is .bak.

AUTHOR¶

Written and maintained by Phuc Nguyen.

REPORTING BUGS¶

Report issues at the Texchanges issue tracker.