On 7/5/07, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
what's the easiest way to submit a patch that represents adding a new file to my git repo? i'm fairly sure it involves "git add" and "git commit". i just want to be able to physically add the file, then somehow commit it so it shows up with "git diff", submit that output as a patch, then remove the file and any reference to it and get back to where i started. what's the recipe? thanks.
Depends on if you work on branches (which you should, I think), or not. If on branches:
From the current directory with HEAD in the right place (right being
what you want to diff against). git checkout -b dev-branch-name git add path/to/file git commit -a -s git diff original-branch-name > your-patch-file git checkout original-branch-name git branch -D dev-branch-name If not on branches: git add path/to/file git commit -a -s git diff HEAD^ > your-patch-file git reset --hard HEAD^ Those are two ways I have used before, at least, there might others. Thanks, Nish -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
