Git Patch

A Git patch is a file that contains the differences (or "diffs") between two versions of a repository’s files.
A patch includes the exact changes made to lines of code, making it useful for applying updates, fixes, or new features to other branches or different repositories.

Create Patch

There are 2 ways to make patch in Git

1. git diff
2. git format-patch

git diff (only the current change)

git diff > some-changes.patch

format-patch between commits

• the latest commit

  git format-patch -1 HEAD

• for a range of commits

  git format-patch ..

  Apply Patch

  There are 2 ways to apply patches

  1. git apply
  2. git am (apply multiple)

For a single patch

git apply your_patch_name.patch

For multiple patches

git am *.patch