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git-format-patch:tldr:f5042
git-format-patch: Write a `.patch` file for the 3 latest commits.
$ git format-patch -${3}
try on your machine
The command git format-patch -${3}
is used in the Git version control system to generate patch files from specific commits.
Here's a breakdown of the command:
git format-patch
: This is the Git command used to generate patch files for specific commits.-
(dash): It is a prefix used to set options in Git commands.${3}
: This is a placeholder for a variable that should be replaced with an actual value when running the command. The value represents the number of commits for which patch files should be generated. For example, if${3}
is replaced with3
, it will generate patch files for the last three commits.
To use this command, you need to replace ${3}
with a number indicating how many recent commits you want the patch files for. For instance, git format-patch -3
will generate patch files for the last three commits.
The command generates patch files in the format 0001-commit-message.patch
, 0002-commit-message.patch
, and so on, where commit-message represents the summary or title of each commit. These patch files can be shared and applied on other Git repositories using the git apply
command.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.