patch.md

Patch Back

Patches formatted under Git has provided us with a way to apply commits from one repository to another, even if their structures are different.

The usage is quite simple:

1. To generate patch files first:

   git format-patch -1 <commit_sha>

   If you want to create patches of several commits, you may need to change the parameter:

   git format-patch -n <commit_sha> 

   Then, Git will generate some *.patch files under the current workspace

2. Apply generated patches:

   git apply *.patch --directory='<relative_path>'