Last active
May 5, 2026 09:52
-
-
Save stokito/434a129e4758489577502597c0a8c42b to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
git: create a single patch file with multiple commits
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
| # last three commits | |
| git format-patch -3 --stdout > multi_commit.patch | |
| # all commits that are in your branch and not in master into a single patch file multi_commit.patch | |
| git format-patch --signoff master --stdout > multi_commit.patch | |
| # create patches in the folder ~/output/directory/ for all commits that are in your branch and not in master | |
| git format-patch -o ~/output/directory/ --signoff master |
Author
Execute git format-patch --help to see help. Here is description:
By default, each output file is numbered sequentially from 1, and uses the first line of the commit message (massaged for pathname safety) as the filename. With the --numbered-files option, the output file names will only be numbers, without the first line of the commit appended. The names of the output files are printed to standard output, unless the --stdout option is specified.
Hi,
Can you please let me know what is the solution for this below fatal message
$ git am Patches/0002-This-is-second-commit.patch
fatal: previous rebase directory .git/rebase-apply still exists but mbox given.
Author
you din't applied or committer the first patch
applied
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Hi,
Can you please let me know the use of "--stdout" here?