Git Patch (Bash script)

Create patch messages to apply into other repos, like old-school pros

                       

Overview

• Man page
• Git Branching Model
• More

This is a hands-on tutorial on how to use Git patch from the command line and in a Bash script.

NOTE: Content here are my personal opinions, and not intended to represent any employer (past or present). “PROTIP:” here highlight information I haven’t seen elsewhere on the internet because it is hard-won, little-know but significant facts based on my personal research and experience.

Man page

1. On a Terminal, to see Git’s documentation on the git patch command:

   
   man git-patch
   

   A Git patch file is a mail document which updates a Git repository using the git am command instead of a git commit command.

   This approach is used by Linux Core developers.

   PROTIP: This can be a scary operation, so I’ve written a Bash script to make it easier, faster, and safer.

2. In an internet browser such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, visit my Bash script “git-patch.sh” at:

   https://github.com/wilsonmar/git-utilities/blob/master/git-patch.sh

   The Bash scripting in the file is explained in:
   https://wilsonmar.github.io/bash-coding and in this document.

   The script “git-patch.sh” clones a repo, creates a patch, opens another repo, and applies those changes.

   NOTE: Thanks to Prem Sichanugrist for his blog about git patch of piping several messages into a single patch file.

Git Branching Model

Git patches are used by the Git core team branching model is described in this Oct 21, 2016 video by Nicola Paolucci when he was a Developer Advocate at Atlassian.

• np/topic branch are discussed using patches emailed
• pu = proposed updates
• next branch are changes about to be merged into master
• next and maintenance branches are reset after releases

More

This is one of a series on Git and GitHub:

1. Git and GitHub videos

2. Why Git? (file-based backups vs Git clone)

3. Git Markdown text

4. Git basics (script)
5. Git whoops (correct mistakes)

6. Git messages (in commits)

7. Git command shortcuts

8. Git custom commands

9. Git-client based workflows

10. Git HEAD (Commitish references)

11. Git interactive merge (imerge)
12. Git patch

13. Git rebase

14. Git utilities

15. Git-signing

16. Git hooks
17. GitHub data security

18. TFS vs GitHub

19. GitHub actions for automation JavaScript
20. GitHub REST API
21. GitHub GraphQL API
22. GitHub PowerShell API Programming
23. GitHub GraphQL PowerShell Module

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