if you specify a patch to `epatch` which does not exist based on the name alone, epatch will now search for it in EPATCH_SOURCE. this makes it useful to apply a set of patches which have a specific order but cannot use the existing lexicographical search.
quick example is a debian patchset that does not have names to imply sorting. instead, all the patches are ordered according to a file. so now you can do: EPATCH_SOURCE=$WORKDIR/debian/patches epatch $(<series) -mike
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