if service {
				_, err := c.Kube().CoreV1().Services(ns).Patch(context.TODO(), name, types.MergePatchType, label, metav1.PatchOptions{})
				return err
			}
			_, err := c.Istio().NetworkingV1beta1().ServiceEntries(ns).Patch(context.TODO(), name, types.MergePatchType, label, metav1.PatchOptions{})
			return err
		}

		if err := setWaypoint(waypoint); err != nil {
			t.Fatal(err)
		}
		t.Cleanup(func() {

		Body(obj).
		Do(context.TODO()).
		Get()
}
func (m *Helper) Patch(namespace, name string, pt types.PatchType, data []byte, options *metav1.PatchOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
	if options == nil {
		options = &metav1.PatchOptions{}
	}
	if m.ServerDryRun {
		options.DryRun = []string{metav1.DryRunAll}
	}
	if m.FieldManager != "" {
		options.FieldManager = m.FieldManager
	}

	}

	t.Logf("Patching .num.num2 to 999")
	patch := []byte(`{"num": {"num2":999}}`)
	patchedNoxuInstance, err := noxuNamespacedResourceClient.Patch(context.TODO(), "foo", types.MergePatchType, patch, metav1.PatchOptions{})
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
	}
	expectInt64(t, patchedNoxuInstance.UnstructuredContent(), 999, "num", "num2")

	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return gc.metadataClient.Resource(resource).Namespace(resourceDefaultNamespace(namespaced, item.Namespace)).Patch(context.TODO(), item.Name, pt, patch, metav1.PatchOptions{})
}

func (gc *GarbageCollector) removeFinalizer(logger klog.Logger, owner *node, targetFinalizer string) error {
	err := retry.RetryOnConflict(retry.DefaultBackoff, func() error {

	return err
}

// Patch applies the patch and returns the patched example.
func (c *FakeExamples) Patch(ctx context.Context, name string, pt types.PatchType, data []byte, opts metav1.PatchOptions, subresources ...string) (result *v1.Example, err error) {
	emptyResult := &v1.Example{}
	obj, err := c.Fake.
		Invokes(testing.NewPatchSubresourceAction(examplesResource, c.ns, name, pt, data, subresources...), emptyResult)

	}

	if "{}" == string(patchBytes) {
		return nil
	}

	patchFn := func() error {
		_, err := cs.CoreV1().Pods(old.Namespace).Patch(ctx, old.Name, types.StrategicMergePatchType, patchBytes, metav1.PatchOptions{}, "status")
		return err
	}

	return retry.OnError(retry.DefaultBackoff, Retriable, patchFn)
}

// DeletePod deletes the given <pod> from API server

func (r RealRSControl) PatchReplicaSet(ctx context.Context, namespace, name string, data []byte) error {
	_, err := r.KubeClient.AppsV1().ReplicaSets(namespace).Patch(ctx, name, types.StrategicMergePatchType, data, metav1.PatchOptions{})
	return err
}

// TODO: merge the controller revision interface in controller_history.go with this one
// ControllerRevisionControlInterface is an interface that knows how to patch

			// send a non-trivial patch to the main resource to verify the oldObject is in the right version
			if _, err := client.Patch(context.TODO(), name, types.MergePatchType, []byte(`{"metadata":{"annotations":{"main":"true"}}}`), metav1.PatchOptions{}); err != nil {
				t.Fatal(err)
			}
			// verify that the right, pruned version is in storage
			obj, err = ctc.etcdObjectReader.GetStoredCustomResource(ns, name)
			if err != nil {
				t.Fatal(err)
			}

	return rh.client.AppsV1().ControllerRevisions(parent.GetNamespace()).Patch(context.TODO(), revision.GetName(),
		types.StrategicMergePatchType, patchBytes, metav1.PatchOptions{})
}

func (rh *realHistory) ReleaseControllerRevision(parent metav1.Object, revision *apps.ControllerRevision) (*apps.ControllerRevision, error) {

        }
      }
    ]
  }
}
`)

	_, err = apiExtensionClient.ApiextensionsV1().CustomResourceDefinitions().Patch(context.TODO(), crd.Name, types.MergePatchType, patch, metav1.PatchOptions{})
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}

	crd, err = apiExtensionClient.ApiextensionsV1().CustomResourceDefinitions().Get(context.TODO(), crd.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}