Git: Mastering Version Control

Applying patches

Now we know how to create patches from commits. It is time to learn to apply them.

Getting ready

We'll use the repository from the previous examples along with the generated patches as follows:

$ cd offline-sharing 
$ git checkout master
$ ls -1a
.
..
.git
Makefile
README.md
another_pi.c
latest-commit
math.c
not-on-master

How to do it...

First, we'll checkout the develop branch and apply the patch generated from the master branch (0001-Calculate-pi-with-more-digits.patch) in the first example. We use the Git command am to apply the patches; am is short for apply from mailbox:

$ git checkout develop
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/develop'.
$ git am latest-commit/0001-Calculate-pi-with-more-digits.patch
Applying: Calculate ...