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tags: [tldr, common]
source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
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# git format-patch

> Prepare .patch files. Useful when emailing commits elsewhere.
> See also: `git am` which can apply generated .patch files.
> More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch>.

- Create an auto-named `.patch` file for all the unpushed commits:

`git format-patch {{origin}}`

- Write a `.patch` file for all the commits between 2 revisions to `stdout`:

`git format-patch {{revision_1}}..{{revision_2}}`

- Write a `.patch` file for the `n` latest commits:

`git format-patch -{{n}}`
