[Gimp-developer] Applying GIT patch

[Martin Nordholts]

On 07/15/2009 09:59 PM, Eric Daoust wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have uploaded a couple patches (tarballs containing multiple
> commits) to bugzilla.  What is the correct method to apply these
> patches so that others can see my work?

Hi,

To apply patches created with git-format-patch, use git-am, like this:

   git am 0001-single-file.patch

or for multi-file commits:

   tar -zxvf lots-of-commits.tar.gz
   git am lots-of-commits/*

where lots-of-commits contains the files

   0001-foo.patch
   0002-bar.patch
   0003-foo-bar.patch

Often, you might want to create a new branch before you apply them

   git checkout -b lots-of-commits origin/master

HTH,
Martin