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git format-patch

Prepare .patch files. Useful when emailing commits elsewhere.

See also `git am`, which can apply generated .patch files.

More information.

Create an auto-named `.patch` file for all the unpushed commits:

git format-patch {origin}

Write a `.patch` file for all the commits between 2 revisions to stdout:

git format-patch {revision_1}..{revision_2}

Write a `.patch` file for the 3 latest commits:

git format-patch -{3}

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