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Created June 4, 2020 17:55
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    # 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