Previously, I had written an article to create and apply patches using the git diff and git apply commands. In this article, we will look into alternative git commands to create and apply git patches. Those commands are git format-patch (to create patch) and git am (to apply patch). Check commits in your branches Checkout … Read more
This article shows how you can get differences in the git branch, file, or commits and create and apply git patches. > git branch master * test > git checkout test > git log –oneline -n 5 04d3d11 (HEAD -> test) Update README 39fdf70 Update hello file 32547fa Add hello file 87ea803 (origin/master, origin/HEAD, master) … Read more
This article shows how you can create a diff patch file that can be used in Git repositories. The diff command line tool shows the difference between the two files. Such a difference between the two files is called a patch. The diff syntax is: diff [options] [original filename] [changed filename] diff [options] [original directory] … Read more