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.
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Create an auto-named
.patch
file for all the unpushed commits:
git format-patch {{origin}}
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Write a
.patch
file for all the commits between 2 revisions tostdout
:
git format-patch {{revision_1}}..{{revision_2}}
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Write a
.patch
file for the 3 latest commits:
git format-patch -{{3}}
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