Creating patch from GitHub pull request
Have you ever needed to generate a patch file from a GitHub pull request? If you answered YES, you'll enjoy this little hidden feature.
Every pull-request on GH can be downloaded as a beautiful mail-patch, just by appending ".patch" to the pr URL.
E.g., from:
https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/296
To:
https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/296.patch
This will generate a mail-formatted patch file, that is a little different from an usual patch file: It has e-mail metadata.
After downloaded, apply the result patch using:
$ git am 296.patch
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Written by Willy Barro
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THANK YOU! You made my day
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Thank you! That worked great!
Just what I needed today, thank you!
Thank you. What's the difference between git am file.patch and git apply file.patch in this context?
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