remove time from patch header

patch files should be timeless by default
versioning is done by git

Author: milahu

src/makePatch.ts

@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ export function makePatch({
   })
 
   function cleanup() {
+    if (isDebug) {
+      console.log(`patch-package/makePatch: cleanup: keeping temporary files: ${tmpRepo.name}`)
+      return
+    }
     tmpRepo.removeCallback()
   }
 
@@ -195,13 +199,14 @@ commitHash is the full hash with 40 chars.`)
         }
       }
       // https://docs.npmjs.com/about-semantic-versioning
-      if (!v.match(/^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/)) {
-        var exactPart = v.match(/^[^~]([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)$/)
-        var exampleVersion = '1.2.3'
-        if (exactPart) {
-          exampleVersion = exactPart[1]
+      // TODO handle protocols? pnpm workspace: protocol does not make sense here, no need to patch local packages
+      var m = v.match(/^([~^])(.*)$/)
+      if (m) {
+        var exampleVersion = m[1]
+        if (!exampleVersion) {
+          exampleVersion = '1.0.0'
         }
-        console.warn(`patch-package/makePatch: warning: found wildcard version. \
+        console.warn(`patch-package/makePatch: warning: found wildcard version ${v}. \
 to ensure successful patching, package.json should pin the exact version of ${packageDetails.name} \
 in the format <major>.<minor>.<patch>, for example: "${packageDetails.name}": "${exampleVersion}"`)
       }
@@ -473,11 +478,7 @@ in the format <major>.<minor>.<patch>, for example: "${packageDetails.name}": "$
     // patchfiles are parsed in patch/parse.ts function parsePatchLines
     // -> header comments are ignored
     let diffHeader = ""
-    const dateStr = (
-      isTest ? '1980-01-01 00:00:00' : // mock date
-      new Date().toLocaleString("lt")
-    )
-    diffHeader += `# generated by patch-package ${patchPackageVersion} on ${dateStr}\n`
+    diffHeader += `# generated by patch-package ${patchPackageVersion}\n`
     diffHeader += `#\n`
     const prettyArgv = process.argv.slice()
     if (prettyArgv[0].match(/node/)) {