How do patches work in Git?

Question

I\'m new to Git, but familiar with SVN. As a test I made a repository in a local directory with git init. Then I cloned the empty repository (over SSH using 127

Answer 1

Create your patch via:

$ git format-patch master --stdout > patch.diff

then patch.diff will contain the diff, which you can then send to someone else to apply using:

$ git am < patch.diff

Sometimes, when the manuals are a little dense, it makes sense to look for a tutorial:

http://luhman.org/blog/2009/09/22/git-patch-tutorial