# git paste > Send commits to a pastebin site using `pastebinit`. > Part of `git-extras`. > More information: . - Send the patches between the current branch and its upstream to a pastebin using `pastebinit`: `git paste` - Pass options to `git format-patch` in order to select a different set of commits (`@^` selects the parent of HEAD, and so the currently checked out commit is sent): `git paste {{@^}}`