On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 08:16:20AM +0000, Nicholas Mc Guire wrote:
On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 08:02:32AM +0000, Amit Kumar wrote:
On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 03:52:42PM +0800, Rock Lee wrote:
Hi: If I want to get a patch and use "git am" to merge it into my project, how can I do? I mean I can copy and paste a patch from my e-mail client, but it is too silly. Is there any way to save a email as a patch? Run mutt. Select the patch you want to download using up/down arrow key. Press s. Delete the mailbox name provide using Backspace key and provide path on local filesystem e.g. ~/patches/logical_name.patch. It will ask to save, yes is default, so press Enter.
Now your patch is saved on local filesystem. Create a topic branch e.g. Your on master, git checkout -b work
Now you are on topic branch work, run as follows,
git am ~/patches/logical_name.patch
If you are on the right tree then it should apply the patch and commit. If something goes wrong, please follow the instructions provided by git.
I think this will help.
you can simplify this in mutt by adding:
macro index A '| git am -s'
to your ~/.muttrc To apply a patch simply move into the repository you want to work on open mutt and hit A at that email to pipe it into git am -s and apply it. Something to learn. Thanks. Regards, Amit Kumar
thx! hofrat