Git patches are text files that contain code and Git commit metadata.
Generate a Git Patch For a Specific Commit
Generate a patch for the HEAD commit:
1git format-patch -1 HEAD
Generate a patch for the HEAD commit with specified file name:
1git format-patch -1 HEAD --output=head.patch
Generate a patch for HEAD - n commits:
1git format-patch -<n> HEAD
Apply the patch with verbose:
1git apply --verbose *.patch
