Creating a patch with git

Refractor · 07-17-2012, 04:12 AM

Hello!
(git newbie here, never used it before)
I was wondering what is the correct way to create a patch for a project, to which I don't have commit permissions?
Will

Code:

git pull git://example.com/project.git local_copy
... edit files ...
git diff > $HOME/fixes_for_project.patch

be enough or I need something more, like branching and stuff?
I was reading this tutorial: http://ariejan.net/2009/10/26/how-to...atch-with-git/ but then I found git diff which generates a single patch for all changes I've made and I wonder what is the differences? Thanks in advance!

r0b0 · 07-17-2012, 08:12 AM

git diff shows you changes that have not been commited yet to your repository.

You may not have permissions to the upstream repository but you can always commit to your own repository (the one you created with git pull).