Published: Feb 4, 2020 by

I’ve been using Source Hut as my primary host for source control and builds for a few months. I really enjoy it, but one of the main things I had to learn up front was how to apply a patch in git. Unlike Github and many other git host Source Hut makes use of the git patch work flow instead of PRs. At first I found this to be a bit frustrating, but I’ve actually come to see the value in the email and patch workflow that is different from the IM and PR work flow that many of us are used to. Hopefully this helps somebody else that is learning to use patches in the future.

Build your feature or modify your code on a separate branch:

git checkout -b ...  
git add ...  
git commit  
git push

Prepare a patchset:

git format-patch main

Alternative for a patch directory

git format-patch main -o patches

Or login and find the link to download the patch:

curl -O https://github.com/n0mn0m/circuitroomba/commit/ae635ce6533e33ff5277a0428a59c736a98649d6.patchls | grep ".patch"  

Switch back to main:

git checkout main

Check the patchset changes

git apply --stat ae635ce6533e33ff5277a0428a59c736a98649d6.patch

Check for errors

git apply --check ae635ce6533e33ff5277a0428a59c736a98649d6.patch

Assuming the above command doesn’t generate any errors you are ready to apply a clean patch. The git amcommand below includes the –signoff flag for others to view.

git am --signoff < ae635ce6533e33ff5277a0428a59c736a98649d6.patch

And with that the patch has been applied to your main branch. Run your test again for sanity sake and push main.