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# git format-patch
> Prepare .patch files. Useful when emailing commits elsewhere.
> See also `git am`, which can apply generated .patch files.
> More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch>.
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- Create an auto-named `.patch` file for all the unpushed commits:
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`git format-patch {{origin}}`
- Write a `.patch` file for all the commits between 2 revisions to `stdout`:
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`git format-patch {{revision_1}}..{{revision_2}}`
- Write a `.patch` file for the 3 latest commits:
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`git format-patch -{{3}}`