added dependencies.patch file

Makefile

@@ -1,23 +1,32 @@
 
 BUILD_DIR := $(CURDIR)/build
 
-PDFLATEX := TEXINPUTS=$(CURDIR):$(CURDIR)/src:$(CURDIR)/dependencies/ucsb/sty: \
+PDFLATEX := TEXINPUTS=$(CURDIR):$(CURDIR)/src:${BUILD_DIR}/dependencies/ucsb/sty: \
 	pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode -halt-on-error -output-directory ${BUILD_DIR}
 
-BIBTEX := BSTINPUTS=$(CURDIR)/dependencies/ucsb: BIBINPUTS=$(CURDIR)/src: \
+BIBTEX := BSTINPUTS=${BUILD_DIR}/dependencies/ucsb: BIBINPUTS=$(CURDIR)/src: \
 	bibtex
 
 JUNK := *.pdf *.aux *.log *.bbl *.blg *.toc *.out *.fdb_latexmk *.fls *.synctex.gz
 
-all: thesis
 
-thesis:
+.PHONY: all thesis patch clean
+
+all: clean thesis
+
+thesis: patch
 	mkdir -p ${BUILD_DIR}/final
 	mkdir -p ${BUILD_DIR}/chapters
-	$(PDFLATEX) thesis
+	${PDFLATEX} thesis
 	cd ${BUILD_DIR} && $(BIBTEX) thesis
-	$(PDFLATEX) thesis
-	$(PDFLATEX) thesis
+	${PDFLATEX} thesis
+	${PDFLATEX} thesis
+
+patch: dependencies.patch
+	mkdir -p ${BUILD_DIR}
+	rm -rf ${BUILD_DIR}/dependencies
+	cp -ra dependencies ${BUILD_DIR}/dependencies
+	cd ${BUILD_DIR} && patch -p0 < ../dependencies.patch
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf build

README.md

@@ -6,3 +6,13 @@
 sudo apt install texlive texlive-full
 make
 ```
+
+## Patch Instructions
+
+Do not edit any files inside `"dependencies"` directly. Instead, all changes should be stored in `"dependencies.patch"`, which is applied during building. The following is how to update `"dependencies.patch"`.
+
+```bash
+make patch
+# edit files in build/dependencies as desired
+diff -Naur dependencies build/dependencies > dependencies.patch
+```

dependencies.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff -Naur dependencies/ucsb/sty/ucthesis-CA2012.cls build/dependencies/ucsb/sty/ucthesis-CA2012.cls
+--- dependencies/ucsb/sty/ucthesis-CA2012.cls	2023-09-06 14:07:16.034801000 -0700
++++ build/dependencies/ucsb/sty/ucthesis-CA2012.cls	2023-09-06 14:12:03.413772500 -0700
+@@ -206,12 +206,9 @@
+     \bigskip \medskip \vspace{6ex}
+     \fmfont {\bfseries \Large {\@title} \par}   % Formatting of the Dissertation title
+     \bigskip \medskip \vspace{6ex}
+-    A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction  \par
++    A thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the \par
+     \smallskip
+-    of the requirements for the degree \par
+-    \bigskip {\@degree} \par
+-    \smallskip in \par
+-    \smallskip {\@field} \par
++    requirements for the degree {\@degree} \par
+     \bigskip \medskip by \par
+     \bigskip \medskip {\@author} \par
+   \end{center}

dependencies/ucsb/sty/ucthesis-CA2012.cls

@@ -206,9 +206,12 @@
     \bigskip \medskip \vspace{6ex}
     \fmfont {\bfseries \Large {\@title} \par}   % Formatting of the Dissertation title
     \bigskip \medskip \vspace{6ex}
-    A thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the \par
+    A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction  \par
     \smallskip
-    requirements for the degree {\@degree} \par
+    of the requirements for the degree \par
+    \bigskip {\@degree} \par
+    \smallskip in \par
+    \smallskip {\@field} \par
     \bigskip \medskip by \par
     \bigskip \medskip {\@author} \par
   \end{center}