create-and-apply-patches.md

Creating and applying patches

git format-patch X

with X the commit SHA from where to start creating patches.

Create a patch from commit X to commit Y:

git format-patch X..Y

Print to stdout

To check the patches you could print it to stout first with the --stdout flag.

Create git patch files in a directory

git format-patch X -o <directory>

Applying patches

Apply all patches at once without committing:

git apply patches/*

Apply as individual commits

git am patches/*

See also https://devconnected.com/how-to-create-and-apply-git-patch-files/

https://www.ivankristianto.com/create-patch-files-from-multiple-commits-in-git/