Patch Info

[athai]

If you want to check it out, this blog gives a detailed breakdown of how to create and apply a patch. But TLDR, the key commands mentioned are:

• git format-patch master --stdout > [name of patch] to create a patch
• git apply --stat [patch_name] will show you the stats of what the patch will do
• git apply --check [patch_name] will test the patch and print any errors that may occur
• And finally, git am --signoff < [patch_name] will app the patch with a sign off (run git log to see the sign off tag)

Be sure that commits have been made (preferably in a clean branch) before creating the patch!