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git format-patch

Prepare .patch files. Useful when emailing commits elsewhere. See also git am, which can apply generated .patch files. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch.
  • Create an auto-named .patch file for all the unpushed commits:
    git format-patch {{origin}}
  • Write a .patch file for all the commits between 2 revisions to stdout:
    git format-patch {{revision_1}}..{{revision_2}}
  • Write a .patch file for the 3 latest commits:
    git format-patch -{{3}}

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