diff --git a/patches/mods-stopgap/cottages_missing/LICENSE.txt b/patches/mods-stopgap/cottages_missing/LICENSE.txt
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+# MIT License
+Copyright 2019 Poikilos (Jake Gustafson)
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/patches/mods-stopgap/cottages_missing/README.md b/patches/mods-stopgap/cottages_missing/README.md
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+Minetest mod: cottages_missing
+==============================
+See description.txt
+
+Authors of source code
+----------------------
+poikilos (github.com/poikilos)
+
+Authors of media (textures)
+---------------------------
+(no media)
diff --git a/patches/mods-stopgap/cottages_missing/depends.txt b/patches/mods-stopgap/cottages_missing/depends.txt
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+cottages?
+anvil?
diff --git a/patches/mods-stopgap/cottages_missing/description.txt b/patches/mods-stopgap/cottages_missing/description.txt
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+Convert "cottages" nodes to equivalent nodes if available.
diff --git a/patches/mods-stopgap/cottages_missing/init.lua b/patches/mods-stopgap/cottages_missing/init.lua
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+--if minetest.get_modpath("anvil") ~= nil then
+if not minetest.registered_nodes["cottages:hammer"] then
+    if minetest.registered_nodes["anvil:hammer"] then
+	minetest.register_alias("cottages:hammer", "anvil:hammer")
+    end
+end
+
+if not minetest.registered_nodes["cottages:anvil"] then
+    if minetest.registered_nodes["anvil:anvil"] then
+	minetest.register_alias("cottages:anvil", "anvil:anvil")
+    end
+end
diff --git a/patches/mods-stopgap/cottages_missing/mod.conf b/patches/mods-stopgap/cottages_missing/mod.conf
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+name = cottages_missing