US 12,411,683 B2
Patch sharing mechanism in open-source environments
Eran Kuris, Holon (IL); and Avraham Talmor, Rishon Lezion (IL)
Assigned to Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed by RED HAT, INC., Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/124,033.
Prior Publication US 2024/0319989 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 8/71 (2018.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 8/71 (2013.01) [G06F 21/6218 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
9. A method comprising:
detecting, by a first client device associated with a first user, a copy of a file of a software build from a collaborative development environment, the file being copied into a local repository of the first client device, the first client device being configured to apply a modification to the copy of the file to generate a modified copy of the file, the first user being part of a plurality of authorized users authorized to access the file in the collaborative development environment;
in response to detecting the copy of the file of the software build, and prior to the first client device merging the modified copy of the file with the collaborative development environment:
identifying, by the first client device, a second user of the plurality of authorized users; and
transmitting, by the first client device and to a second client device associated with the second user, a storage notification indicating that the copy of the file has been stored on the first client device for applying the modification, the second client device being configured to receive the storage notification and responsively perform an operation to prevent the file from being copied to the second client device.