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I need to write a script that creates patches for a list of SHA-1 commit numbers.
I tried using git format-patch <the SHA1>, but that generated a patch for each commit since that SHA-1 value. After a few hundred patches were generated, I had to kill the process.
Is there a way to generate a patch only for the specific SHA-1 value?
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In order to create Git patch file for a specific commit, use the “git format-patch” command with the “-1” option and the commit SHA. In order to get the commit SHA, you have to use the “git log” command and look for the corresponding commit SHA.
Patch is a text file, whose contents are similar to Git diff, but along with code, it also has metadata about commits; e.g., commit ID, date, commit message, etc. We can create a patch from commits and other people can apply them to their repository.
Try:
git format-patch -1 <sha> or
git format-patch -1 HEAD According to the documentation link above, the -1 flag tells Git how many commits should be included in the patch;
-<n>
Prepare patches from the topmost commits.
Apply the patch with the command:
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