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Created June 4, 2020 17:55
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generate patch with git
# generate a patch from you feature branch
git checkout feature-branch
git format-patch --stdout [development branch] > feature-branch.patch
# verify the patch
git apply --stat feature-branch.patch
# dry run to detect errors:
git apply --check feature-branch.patch
# apply the patch to a new branch
git checkout -b new-branch
git am feature-branch.patch
# apply the patch to a new branch using signoff, useful
git am --signoff < feature-branch.patch
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