How to make a git patch for specific folders?

by darrion.kuhn , in category: Third Party Scripts , 3 months ago

How to make a git patch for specific folders?

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by muriel.schmidt , 3 months ago

@darrion.kuhn 

To create a git patch for specific folders, you can use the git format-patch command along with the -- <path> option to specify the folder you want to create the patch for. Here's how you can do it:

  1. Navigate to the root directory of your Git repository in your terminal.
  2. Use the following command to create a patch for a specific folder: git format-patch HEAD --
  3. This command will generate one or more patch files in the current directory, each corresponding to a commit that modified files within the specified folder. The patch files will have the .patch extension.
  4. You can then share or apply the patch files using tools like git apply or git am.


By following these steps, you can create a git patch specifically for the files in a particular folder in your repository.