# US 9,436,585 B1 · Image patching in an integrated development environment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,436,585 B1 - Document ID: US9436585B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 14/946,134 - Filed: 2015-11-19 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-19 - Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation - Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation - Inventors: Nathan V. Bak - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9436585B1 ## CPC - G06F 11/3698: Environments for analysis, debugging or testing of software - G06F 8/71: Version control (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57); Configuration management - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract The disclosed herein related to image patching in an integrated development environment executed. To image patch, a first image produced by a latest build is pulled into the integrated development environment and a build snapshot produced by the latest build is acquired from the first image. A comparison is made between the build snapshot and contents of a current workspace of the integrated development environment to determine changed contents. A layer containing the changed contents is patched into the first image to generate a second image. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of image patching in an integrated development environment executed by a processor coupled to a memory, comprising: receiving, by the processor, a gesture that automatically causes a prompt for receiving input within the integrated development environment when a plurality of contents are present within the current workspace, wherein the gesture is a selection of a feature within the integrated development environment based on a user input, and the gesture automatically triggers: pulling, by the processor, a first image produced by a latest build into the integrated development environment; acquiring, by the processor, a build snapshot produced by the latest build from the first image; comparing, by the processor, the build snapshot with the plurality of contents of the current workspace of the integrated development environment to determine changed contents, wherein a input caused by the gesture designates a build within the plurality of contents to compare to the build snapshot; patching, by the processor, a layer containing the changed contents into the first image to generate a second image; and pushing, by the processor, the second image to a registry to cause remote testing of the second image. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising finding the latest build within the integrated development environment. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising testing the second image in the integrated development environment. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the feature is a button within an interface of the integrated development environment, wherein the selection of the feature is a single click or selection of the button, and wherein the user input causes the selection of the feature. ### Claim 5 A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions for image patching in an integrated development environment embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform: receiving, by the processor, a gesture that automatically causes a prompt for receiving input within the integrated development environment when a plurality of contents are present within the current workspace, wherein the gesture is a selection of a feature within the integrated development environment based on a user input, and the gesture automatically triggers: pulling a first image produced by a latest build into the integrated development environment; acquiring a build snapshot produced by the latest build from the first image; comparing the build snapshot with contents of a current workspace of the integrated development environment to determine changed contents, wherein a input caused by the gesture designates a build within the plurality of contents to compare to the build snapshot; patching a layer containing the changed contents into the first image to generate a second image; and pushing the second image to a registry to cause remote testing of the second image. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The computer program product of claim 5, the program instructions further causing the processor to perform finding the latest build within the integrated development environment. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The computer program product of claim 5, the program instructions further causing the processor to perform testing the second image in the integrated development environment. ### Claim 8 A system for image patching in an integrated development environment executed, comprising: a memory having computer readable instructions; and a processor for executing the computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions causing the system to perform: receiving, by the processor, a gesture that automatically causes a prompt for receiving input within the integrated development environment when a plurality of contents are present within the current workspace, wherein the gesture is a selection of a feature within the integrated development environment based on a user input, and the gesture automatically triggers: pulling a first image produced by a latest build into the integrated development environment; acquiring a build snapshot produced by the latest build from the first image; comparing the build snapshot with contents of a current workspace of the integrated development environment to determine changed contents, wherein a input caused by the gesture designates a build within the plurality of contents to compare to the build snapshot; patching a layer containing the changed contents into the first image to generate a second image: and pushing the second image to a registry to cause remote testing of the second image. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, the computer readable instructions further causing the system to perform finding the latest build within the integrated development environment. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, the computer readable instructions further causing the system to perform testing the second image in the integrated development environment.