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git format-patch — Prepare `.patch` files. Useful when emailing commits elsewhere. See also: `git am`. More information

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Problem

How to use the git format-patch command: Prepare .patch files. Useful when emailing commits elsewhere. See also: git am. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch>.

Solution

git format-patch — Prepare .patch files. Useful when emailing commits elsewhere. See also: git am. 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 n latest commits:

git format-patch -{{n}}

Code Snippets

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 `n` latest commits

git format-patch -{{n}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/git format-patch

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