git-am – Tarik Billa

How to apply a Git patch to a file with a different name and path?

December 9, 2022 by Tarik

You could create the patch using git diff and then apply it using the patch utility, which allows you to specify the file you want to apply the diff to. For example: cd first-repo git diff HEAD^ — hello.test > ~/patch_file cd ../second-repo patch -p1 blue/red/hi.test ~/patch_file

When applying a patch is there any way to resolve conflicts?

November 15, 2022 by Tarik

To generate your patch do the following: git format-patch –stdout first_commit^..last_commit > changes.patch Now when you are ready to apply the patches: git am -3 < changes.patch the -3 will do a three-way merge if there are conflicts. At this point you can do a git mergetool if you want to go to a gui … Read more