-f Force overwrite if output file already exists
-v Verbose mode
-e This special option tells deltup to test the patch against all available compressors and write info about which ones work into the patch file
-j Use bdelta instead of xdelta when creating the patch. This version of Deltup has built-in support for applying bdelta patches, which makes installing xdelta unnecessary.
-b, -g Filter patch through bzip2 or gzip
-i Show what files would be patched without performing any actions.
-r Apply series of patches to one package without outputting the packages in between.
-d Output packages to directory repository
-d Find packages to upgrade in directory repository
TMPDIR Directory to output temporary files. If not defined then /tmp is used.
Make bzip2'd Gentoo package patch: edelta -m -b 9 OldPackage NewPackage PatchFile
Apply the patch: edelta -p PatchFile
Make verified patch with the -e option: edelta -me -b 9 Package-v1.tar.bz2 Package-v2.tar.bz2 Package_Patch.dtu