tldr/pages/common/git-format-patch.md

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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>.
- Create an auto-named .patch file for all the unpushed commits:
`git format-patch {{origin}}`
- Write a .patch file for all the commits between 2 revisions to stdout:
`git format-patch {{revision_1}}..{{revision_2}}`
- Write a .patch file for the 3 latest commits:
`git format-patch -{{3}}`