Git creating and submitting a patch via email (Example)

git-patch_send_email

# change to local checked-out copy of repository
cd git.git

# update
git fetch # or "git pull" if you want to merge as well

# make changes on a local topic branch
git checkout -b my_topic origin/master

# make/test changes
vi file_to_be_changed

# review changes
git diff

# commit changes
git add file_to_be_changed
git commit -s

# run test suite
make clean && make test

# prepare patch
git format-patch origin

# send the email (dry run, test run)
git send-email --dry-run --to [email protected] patch_file
git send-email --to [email protected] patch_file

# send the email (for real)
git send-email --to [email protected] patch_file