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}}