If you patched the source release docs, but still need to apply the patch against the released docs, try this script

patch-sinon-docs.sh

#!/bin/bash

usage(){
    cat << EOF
    Usage: patch.sh my-patch-file.patch

    Will try to apply the patch file a files matching the names in the patch file
    in each sub-directory
    You might need to modify the patch.

    Example patch file might look like this:

--- stubs.md
+++ stubs.md
@@ -110,11 +110,11 @@ This is useful to be more expressive in your assertions, where you can access th
 "test should stub method differently based on arguments": function () {
     var callback = sinon.stub();
     callback.withArgs(42).returns(1);
-    callback.withArgs(1).throws("TypeError");
+    callback.withArgs(1).throws("name");

     callback(); // No return value, no exception
     callback(42); // Returns 1
-    callback(1); // Throws TypeError
+    callback(1); // Throws Error("name")
 }
EOF
}

if [[ $# < 1 ]]; then
    usage;
    exit 1;
fi

get_abs_filename() {
  # $1 : relative filename
  if [ -d "$(dirname "$1")" ]; then
    echo "$(cd "$(dirname "$1")" && pwd)/$(basename "$1")"
  fi
}

PATCH=$(get_abs_filename $1)

apply-patch-in-dir(){
    local dir="$1"
    pushd "$dir"
    patch < "$PATCH"
    popd
}

for dir in $(find -type d -maxdepth 1 -not -name .); do
    apply-patch-in-dir $dir
done