def discover(self, directory=None):
        """
        Recusively search & collect :class:`Patch`

        :param directory: Directory to search in (default: patches_dir)
        """
        directory = directory or self.patches_dir
        patches = []
        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(directory):
            for f in files:
                if not f.endswith('.py'):
                    continue
                name = f.rsplit('.', 1)[0]
                module = imp.load_source(name, '%s/%s' % (root, f))
                for elem in dir(module):
                    elem = getattr(module, elem)
                    if isinstance(elem, Patch):
                        patches.append(elem)

        def patch_key(patch):
            return tuple(int(i) for i in patch.target_version.split('.'))

        return sorted(patches, key=patch_key)
Recusively search & collect :class:`Patch`

        :param directory: Directory to search in (default: patches_dir)