Git is quite common nowadays and a lot of people are asking me how they can create a patch file. Creating a patch file with git is quite easy to do, you just need to see how it’s done a few times.
This article will show you how to create a patch from the last few commits in your repository. Next, I’ll also show you how you can correctly apply this patch to another repository.
I got git problem: error: unable to create temporary sha1 filename when pushing to a remote repository. The fix is rather easy.
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Just as a kind of mini cheat sheet for using git tags. Jörg Mittag had some great additions that weren’t in the original post which warrant a new post.
Git has three different type of tags:
Let’s start with lightweight tags.
Lightweight tags
Just as a kind of mini cheat sheet for using git tags:
Adding a tag:
git tag tag_namegit taggit push origin --tags or git push origin :tag_namegit push doesn’t push tags.Removing a tag:
git tag -d tag_namegit taggit push origin :refs/tags/tag_namegit push --tags doesn’t push deleted tags.   | This is the most epic reading device available! Available for $259 from Amazon. |