According to my knowledge:

- `PUT` - update object with its whole representation (replace)
- `PATCH` - update object with given fields only (update)

I&#39;m using Spring to implement a pretty simple HTTP server. When a user wants to update his data he needs to make a HTTP `PATCH` to some endpoint (let&#39;s say: `api/user`). His request body is mapped to a DTO via `@RequestBody`, which looks like this:

    class PatchUserRequest {
        @Email
        @Length(min = 5, max = 50)
        var email: String? = null
    
        @Length(max = 100)
        var name: String? = null
        ...
    }

Then I use an object of this class to update (patch) the user object:

    fun patchWithRequest(userRequest: PatchUserRequest) {
        if (!userRequest.email.isNullOrEmpty()) {
            email = userRequest.email!!
        }
        if (!userRequest.name.isNullOrEmpty()) {
            name = userRequest.name
        }    
        ...
    }

My doubt is: what if a client (web app for example) would like to clear a property? I would ignore such a change. 

**How can I know, if a user wanted to clear a property (he sent me null intentionally) or he just doesn&#39;t want to change it? It will be null in my object in both cases.**

I can see two options here:

- Agree with the client that if he wants to remove a property he should send me an empty string (but what about dates and other non-string types?)
- Stop using DTO mapping and use a simple map, which will let me check if a field was given empty or not given at all. What about request body validation then? I use `@Valid` right now.

How should such cases should be properly handled, in harmony with REST and all good practices?

**EDIT:**

One could say that `PATCH` shouldn&#39;t be used in such an example, and I should use `PUT` to update my User. But what about model changes (e.g. adding a new property)? I would have to version my API (or the user endpoint alone) after every User change. E.g. I would have `api/v1/user` endpoint which accepts `PUT` with an old request body, and `api/v2/user` endpoint which accepts `PUT` with a new request body. I guess it&#39;s not the solution and `PATCH` exists for a reason.

How to do PATCH properly in strongly typed languages based on Spring - example

I would like to make a SVN type patch file for `httpd.conf` so I can easily apply it to other hosts.

If I do

    cd /root
    diff -Naur /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf_original /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf &gt; httpd.patch
    cp /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf_original /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
    patch &lt; httpd.patch

I get:

    can&#39;t find file to patch at input line 3
    Perhaps you should have used the -p or --strip option?
    The text leading up to this was:
    --------------------------
    |--- /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf_original	2012-04-26 13:36:08.331068438 +0200
    |+++ /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf	2012-04-26 14:27:36.857075085 +0200
    --------------------------
    File to patch: 

**Question**

What am I doing wrong?



How to make and apply SVN patch?

    def f1():
        return 10, True
    
    def f2():
        num, stat = f1()
        return 2*num, stat



How do I use python&#39;s mock library to patch `f1()` and return a custom result so I could test `f2()`?

**Edited:**
Is there something wrong with my test? This doesn&#39;t seem to be working, all the tests failed with AssertionError
    
    from foo.bar import f2
    from mock import patch

    class MyTest(TestCase):

        def test_f2_1(self):
            with patch(&#39;project.module.f1&#39;) as some_func:
                some_func.return_value = (20, False)
                num, stat = f2()
                self.assertEqual((num, stat), (40, False))
       
       @patch(&#39;project.module.f1&#39;)
       def test_f2_2(self, some_func):
           some_func.return_value = (20, False)
           num, stat = f2()
           self.assertEqual((num, stat), (40, False))

Python mock patch a function called by another function

I have my projects in 2 repositories. One under SVN and one under Git.
Whenever I change something in SVN I want to do the same thing to the Git repository.

Say I make a change to SVN repository, producing revision 125. How would I apply these same changes to my Git repository (assuming my Git repository is up to date with revision 124).

Thank you.

How to apply SVN diff to Git?

How can my client apply patch created by `git diff` without git installed?
I have tried to use `patch` command but it always asks file name to patch.

How to apply `git diff` patch without Git installed?

I made some changes to an open source project without taking time to create proper patch files.

Now, the maintainer of the project released a new version, and among new and edited files, there are a bunch of renamed files.

What is the best way to apply my changes to the new version ?  
I&#39;m completely new to diff/patch use, and If I can get it done with git, it would be better.

Creating a patch file from a diff of 2 folders

I&#39;ve recently discovered git&#39;s `patch` option to the `add` command, and I must say it really is a fantastic feature.
I also discovered that a large hunk could be split into smaller hunks by hitting the &lt;kbd&gt;s&lt;/kbd&gt; key, which adds to the precision of the commit.
But what if I want even more precision, if the split hunk is not small enough?

For example, consider this already split hunk:

    @@ -34,12 +34,7 @@
       width: 440px;
     }
     
    -/*#field_teacher_id {
    -  display: block;
    -} */
    -
    -form.table-form #field_teacher + label,
    -form.table-form #field_producer_distributor + label {
    +#user-register form.table-form .field-type-checkbox label {
       width: 300px;
     }

 
How can I add the CSS comment removal only to the next commit ? The `s` option is not available anymore!

Can I split an already split hunk with git?

I work on WordPress based project and I want to patch my project at each new release version of WP. For this, I want generate a patch between two commits or tags.

For example, in my repo `/www/WP` I do this:
```bash
$ git patch-format com1..com2 --stdout &gt; &#39;~/patchs/mypatch.patch&#39;

# or

$ git patch-format tag1..tag2 --stdout &gt; &#39;~/patchs/mypatch.patch&#39;
```

`/www/WP` git natif WordPress

`/www/myproject` My git project WordPress based


The `git apply` command line doesn&#39;t work, I think because we are in different repositories.

Can I generate a patch file without a commit, just a differential and apply it to another git repository?

Thank you.

Create patch or diff file from git repository and apply it to another different git repository

I am using a `PUT` request in my Rails application. Now, a new HTTP verb, `PATCH` has been implemented by browsers. So, I want to know what the main difference between `PATCH` and `PUT` requests are, and when we should use one or the other. 

What is the main difference between PATCH and PUT request?

I am looking for the command for creating a patch from the last commit made.

My workflow sometimes looks like this:

    vi some.txt
    git add some.txt
    git commit -m &quot;some change&quot;

Now I just want to write:

    git create-patch-from-last-commit-to-file SOME-PATCH0001.patch

What should I put there instead of `create-patch-from-last-commit-to-file`?

How do I simply create a patch from my latest git commit?

Both `git am` and `git apply` can be used to apply patches. I fail to see the difference. I see a difference now: `git am` automatically commits whereas `git apply` only touches the files but doesn&#39;t create a commit. Is that the only difference?

What is the difference between git am and git apply?

I&#39;ve got eight commits on a branch that I&#39;d like to email to some people who aren&#39;t git enlightened, yet.  So far, everything I do either gives me 8 patch files, or starts giving me patch files for every commit in the branch&#39;s history, since the beginning of time.  I used git rebase --interactive to squash the commits, but now everything I try gives me zillions of patches from the beginning of time.  What am I doing wrong?

&lt;!-- language: lang-sh --&gt;

    git format-patch master HEAD # yields zillions of patches, even though there&#39;s 
                                 # only one commit since master

How do you squash commits into one patch with git format-patch?

Say I get a patch created with `git format-patch`. The file is basically a unified diff with some metadata. If I open the file in Vim, I can see which lines have been modified, but I cannot see which *characters* in the changed lines differ. Does anyone know a way (in Vim, or some other free software that runs on Ubuntu) to visualize per-character differences?

A counter example where per-character diff is visualized is when executing `vimdiff a b`.

**update Fri Nov 12 22:36:23 UTC 2010**

[diffpatch is helpful][1] for the scenario where you&#39;re working with a single file.

**update Thu Jun 16 17:56:10 UTC 2016**

Check out [diff-highlight in git 2.9][2]. This script does _exactly_ what I was originally seeking.

  [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/242646/use-vimdiff-with-a-diff-file/244766#244766
  [2]: https://github.com/blog/2188-git-2-9-has-been-released

How can I visualize per-character differences in a unified diff file?

There are plenty of programs out there that can create a diff patch, but I&#39;m having a heck of a time trying to apply one. I&#39;m trying to distribute a patch, and I got a question from a user about how to apply it. So I tried to figure it out on my own and found out that I have no clue, and most of the tools I can find are command-line. (I can handle a command line, but a lot of people would be lost without a nice, friendly GUI. So those are no good for this purpose.)

I tried using TortoiseSVN. I have the patch I&#39;d like to apply. I right-click on the patch, and there&#39;s an option under the TortoiseSVN submenu that says &quot;Apply patch.&quot; All it does is pull up an empty window.

So I tried hitting Open. It has two options: merge and apply unified diff. (The patch is in unified diff format, luckily.) But the apply option just plain doesn&#39;t work: It asks for the patch and a folder. Somehow it forgot to ask for the *file to apply the patch to!* So TortoiseSVN just plain doesn&#39;t work. Is there a Windows GUI-based utility that will take a patch and a file and apply it properly?

EDIT: Looking at the replies so far, it seems that Tortoise will only do it right if it&#39;s a file that&#39;s already versioned. That&#39;s not the case here. I need to be able to apply a patch to a file that did not come out of an SVN repository. I just tried using Tortoise, because I happen to know that SVN uses diffs and has to know how to both create them and apply them.


How do I apply a diff patch on Windows?

I would like to get a single commit (let&#39;s call it `${SHA}`) from GitHub via the web-interface.

For example, something like:

    $ git clone http://github.com/foo/bar
    $ cd bar
    $ git format-patch -o .. ${SHA}~1..${SHA}
    $ cd ..
    $ rm -rf bar

...but without having to clone the entire repository (the repo in question is large).

Obviously GitHub can display the diff of a given commit via the web interface, but how I can extract that into a (unified) diff-file (ideally, with the commit-message intact)?

How to download a single commit-diff from GitHub?

I have two repositories. In one, I make changes to file `./hello.test`. I commit the changes and create a patch from that commit with `git format-patch -1 HEAD`. Now, I have a second repository that contains a file that has the same contents as hello.test but is placed in a different directory under a different name: `./blue/red/hi.test`. How do I go about applying the aforementioned patch to the `hi.test` file? I tried `git am --directory=&#39;blue/red&#39; &lt; patch_file` but that of course complains that the files are not named the same (which I thought Git didn&#39;t care about?). I know I could probably edit the diff to apply to that specific file but I&#39;m looking for a command solution.

How to apply a Git patch to a file with a different name and path?

Is it possible to mock a return value of a function called within another function I am trying to test? I would like the mocked method (which will be called in many methods I&#39;m testing) to returned my specified variables each time it is called. For example: 

    class Foo:
        def method_1():
           results = uses_some_other_method()
        def method_n():
           results = uses_some_other_method()

In the unit test, I would like to use mock to change the return value of `uses_some_other_method()` so that any time it is called in `Foo`, it will return what I defined in `@patch.object(...)`

Using python&#39;s mock patch.object to change the return value of a method called within another method

I&#39;m editing some markdown files of a cloned remote repository, and wanted to test creating and applying patches from one branch to another. However, every time I make any change at all, I get the following message during `git apply`:

    0001-b.patch:16: trailing whitespace.
    warning: 1 line adds whitespace errors.

(This is happening on my Mac, and I don&#39;t know where the original code was created.)

What does the warning message mean, and do I need to care?



What does &quot;1 line adds whitespace errors&quot; mean when applying a patch?

TortoiseHg allows you to email a patch file of your changes to someone, but does it support applying patches?

If so, how do you apply a patch using TortoiseHg?


TortoiseHg Apply a Patch

I don&#39;t see a difference between the output of &#39;git format-patch&#39; and &#39;git diff&#39;, is there any? And won&#39;t I be able to use &#39;git diff&#39; to produce a patch and then apply it using git apply?

My problem is that I have changes added to the index, but apparently git format-patch only accepts commits, so if I can use the output of diff, then I can use this command to produce a patch for the changes in the index:

    git diff --cached &gt; index.patch


What is the difference between &#39;git format-patch and &#39;git diff&#39;?

I&#39;m trying to use `git add --interactive` to selectively add some changes to my index, but I continually receive the &quot;Your edited hunk does not apply. Edit again...&quot; message.  I get this message even if I choose the e option, and immediately save/close my editor.  In other words, without editing the hunk at all, the patch doesn&#39;t apply.

Here&#39;s the exact example I&#39;m using (I&#39;m trying to put together a small demo):

Original file:

    first change
    second change off branch
    third change off branch
    second change
    third change
    fourth change

New file:

    Change supporting feature 1
    first change
    second change off branch
    third change off branch
    second change
    third change
    fourth change
    bug fix 1
    change supporting feature 1

I&#39;m trying to show how to use `git add --interactive` to only add the &quot;bug fix 1&quot; line to the index.  Running interactive add on the file, I choose the patch mode.  It presents me with 

    diff --git a/newfile b/newfile
    index 6d501a3..8b81ae9 100644
    --- a/newfile
    +++ b/newfile
    @@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
    +Change supporting feature 1
     first change
     second change off branch
     third change off branch
     second change
     third change
     fourth change
    +bug fix 1
    +change supporting feature 1

I respond with split, followed by &quot;no&quot; to apply the first hunk.  The second hunk, I try to edit.  I originally tried deleting the bottom line - that didn&#39;t work.  Leaving the hunk alone completely doesn&#39;t work either, and I can&#39;t figure out why.

git add --interactive &quot;Your edited hunk does not apply&quot;

I have two repositories, one is the main repo for a library, and the other is a project using that library.

If I make a fix to the in the subservient project, I&#39;d like an easy way to apply that patch back upstream.

The file&#39;s location is different in each repository.

* Main repo: ***`www.playdar.org/static/playdar.js`***
* Project: ***`playlick.com/lib/playdar.js`***

I tried using `git format-patch -- lib/playdar.js` on the playlick project, and then `git am` on the main playdar repo, but the differing file locations in the patch file raised an error.

Is there an easy way to apply the patch from a given commit on a given file to another arbitrary file elsewhere?

For bonus points, what if the file you want to apply the patch to isn&#39;t in a git repository?

How to apply a git patch from one repository to another?

What does the following mean ?


    diff -rBNu src.orig/java/org/apache/nutch/analysis/NutchAnalysisConstants.java src/java/org/apache/nutch/analysis/NutchAnalysisConstants.java
    --- src.orig/java/org/apache/nutch/analysis/NutchAnalysisConstants.java	2009-03-10 11:34:01.000000000 -0700
    +++ src/java/org/apache/nutch/analysis/NutchAnalysisConstants.java	2009-03-10 14:11:55.000000000 -0700
    @@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
    
    +  int CJK = 21;
    +  int DIGIT = 22;
     
       int DEFAULT = 0;
     
       String[] tokenImage = {
         &quot;&lt;EOF&gt;&quot;,
    +    &quot;\&quot;OR\&quot;&quot;,
         &quot;&lt;WORD&gt;&quot;,
         &quot;&lt;ACRONYM&gt;&quot;,
         &quot;&lt;SIGRAM&gt;&quot;,
    @@ -39,6 +42,8 @@
         &quot;\&quot;\\\&quot;\&quot;&quot;,
         &quot;\&quot;:\&quot;&quot;,
         &quot;\&quot;/\&quot;&quot;,
    +    &quot;\&quot;(\&quot;&quot;,
    +    &quot;\&quot;)\&quot;&quot;,
         &quot;\&quot;.\&quot;&quot;,
         &quot;\&quot;@\&quot;&quot;,
         &quot;\&quot;\\\&#39;\&quot;&quot;,

What is the format of a patch file?

I know there are several threads on this already, but no one has fully explained exactly how to perform the initial diff to create the patch file, then how to *apply* that patch to the initial directory to update it.

In my case, there is a directory of files that anyone can download from the web. I have taken that directory and made changes to it, and want to create a patch file such that others can apply it to the downloaded directory to reproduce exactly what I have in my modified directory.

Help? What do I need to tell the other person with respect to how to apply my patch?

How to create a patch for a whole directory to update it?

The situation:

- master is at X
- quickfix1 is at X + 2 commits

Such that:

    o-o-X (master HEAD)
         \
          q1a--q1b (quickfix1 HEAD)

Then I started working on quickfix2, but by accident took quickfix1 as the source branch to copy, not the master. Now quickfix2 is at X + 2 commits + 2 relevant commits.

    o-o-X (master HEAD)
         \
          q1a--q1b (quickfix1 HEAD)
                  \
                   q2a--q2b (quickfix2 HEAD)

Now I want to have a branch with quickfix2, but without the 2 commits that belong to quickfix1.

          q2a&#39;--q2b&#39; (quickfix2 HEAD)
         /
    o-o-X (master HEAD)
         \ 
          q1a--q1b (quickfix1 HEAD)

I tried to create a patch from a certain revision in quickfix2, but the patch doesn&#39;t preserve the commit history. Is there a way to save my commit history, but have a branch without changes in quickfix1?

How to move certain commits to be based on another branch in git?

I need to do a `PATCH` request with the `Windows.Web.Http.HttpClient` class and there is no official documentation on how to do it. How can I do this?

PATCH Async requests with Windows.Web.Http.HttpClient class

I&#39;m trying to apply a patch, which I took from http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2014-May/104356.html. I copied it into a text editor, and saved it as `my.patch` (I needed to fix the email, it had been obfuscated).

I tried to apply it with Git, but I&#39;m getting this error:

    sashoalm@sashoalm-VirtualBox:~/Desktop/wine-git$ git am --signoff &lt;my.patch
    previous rebase directory /home/sashoalm/Desktop/wine-git/.git/rebase-apply still exists but mbox given.

This cryptic error message gives me no idea what&#39;s wrong or what I need to do to make it work. What does this error mean? And how do I fix it?

Git error: previous rebase directory .git/rebase-apply still exists but mbox given

I am trying to make a PATCH call to a server. I am using the following command: 

    curl --data status=closed -X PATCH https://api.viafoura.com/v2/dev.viafoura.com/pages/7000000043515 

Is this the correct way of sending the PATCH request? I am getting an error saying there is no status parameter set. I am guessing the --data is for POST request only and thus the server doesn&#39;t find the status parameter.

This is the response (FYI):

    {&quot;http_status&quot;:400,&quot;error&quot;:&quot;Parameter validation errors&quot;,&quot;validation_errors&quot;:{&quot;status&quot;:{&quot;error&quot;:&quot;Request missing status parameter.&quot;}}}

You can find documentation about this service [here][1].


  [1]: http://developers.viafoura.com/rest_api_v2.php#modify_a_page

How to use PATCH verb with curl

I know it seems fairly redundant to have a title for a legend, but is it possible using matplotlib?

Here&#39;s a snippet of the code I have:

    import matplotlib.patches as mpatches
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    one = mpatches.Patch(facecolor=&#39;#f3f300&#39;, label=&#39;label1&#39;, linewidth = 0.5, edgecolor = &#39;black&#39;)
    two = mpatches.Patch(facecolor=&#39;#ff9700&#39;, label = &#39;label2&#39;, linewidth = 0.5, edgecolor = &#39;black&#39;)
    three = mpatches.Patch(facecolor=&#39;#ff0000&#39;, label = &#39;label3&#39;, linewidth = 0.5, edgecolor = &#39;black&#39;)

    legend = plt.legend(handles=[one, two, three], loc = 4, fontsize = &#39;small&#39;, fancybox = True)

    frame = legend.get_frame() #sets up for color, edge, and transparency
    frame.set_facecolor(&#39;#b4aeae&#39;) #color of legend
    frame.set_edgecolor(&#39;black&#39;) #edge color of legend
    frame.set_alpha(1) #deals with transparency
    plt.show()

I would want the title of the legend above label1. For reference, this is the output:
[![Showing legend][1]][1]


  [1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/qK0hz.png

Title for matplotlib legend

    + bbb
    - aaa
    
    # ---
    # To remove &#39;-&#39; lines, make them &#39; &#39; lines (context).
    # To remove &#39;+&#39; lines, delete them.
    # Lines starting with # will be removed.
    #
    # If the patch applies cleanly, the edited hunk will immediately be
    # marked for staging. If it does not apply cleanly, you will be given
    # an opportunity to edit again. If all lines of the hunk are removed,
    # then the edit is aborted and the hunk is left unchanged.

I simply don&#39;t understand what `make them &#39; &#39; lines` means. How to apply `+ bbb` only but not `- aaa`?

git hunk edit mode - how to remove a &#39;-&#39; line?

I have to make a PATCH request using PhP cURL. I couldn&#39;t find any documentation, so I tried the following but it isn&#39;t working.
 
    $data = &quot;{&#39;field_name&#39;: &#39;field_value&#39;}&quot;;
    $url = &quot;http://webservice.url&quot;;
    $headers = array(&#39;X-HTTP-Method-Override: PATCH&#39;);
    $curl = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
    $response = curl_exec($curl);
    curl_close($curl);
 
Any idea why this isn&#39;t working? How can I fix it?

**Edit:**
I am connecting to a RESTful web service. It returns HTTP/1.1 200 for successful requests. Unsuccessful requests return HTTP/1.1 403. I keep getting 403.

I tried changing $data to:
 
    $data = &quot;data={&#39;field_name&#39;: &#39;field_value&#39;}&quot;;
It didn&#39;t change the outcome. 

**Edit2:**
The final working code.
 

    $data = &quot;{&#39;field_name&#39;: &#39;field_value&#39;}&quot;;
    $url = &quot;http://webservice.url&quot;;
    $headers = array(&#39;Content-Type: application/json&#39;);
    $curl = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, &#39;PATCH&#39;);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
    $response = curl_exec($curl);
    curl_close($curl);


How do I make a PATCH request in PHP using cURL?

What&#39;s the best way to go about making a patch for a binary file? I want it to be simple for users to apply(a simple `patch` application would be nice). Running diff on the file just gives `Binary files [...] differ`

How do I create binary patches?

I&#39;ve been trying to implement some unit tests for a module. An example module named *alphabet.py* is as follows:

    import database

    def length_letters():
        return len(letters)

    def contains_letter(letter):
        return True if letter in letters else False


    letters = database.get(&#39;letters&#39;)   # returns a list of letters


I&#39;d like to mock the response from a database with some values of my choice, but the code below doesn&#39;t seem to work.

    import unittests  
    import alphabet   
    from unittest.mock import patch   
      
      
    class TestAlphabet(unittest.TestCase): 
        @patch(&#39;alphabet.letters&#39;)
        def setUp(self, mock_letters):
            mock_letters.return_value = [&#39;a&#39;, &#39;b&#39;, &#39;c&#39;]   
      
        def test_length_letters(self):
            self.assertEqual(3, alphabet.length_letters())
          
        def test_contains_letter(self):   
            self.assertTrue(alphabet.contains_letter(&#39;a&#39;))


I have seen many examples in which &#39;patch&#39; is applied to methods and classes, but not to variables. I prefer not to patch the method *database.get* because I may use it again with different parameters later on, so I would need a different response.

What am I doing wrong here?

Mocking a global variable

I would like to create a patch for the last 2 revisions.

    git format-patch -2

gives me 2 patch files, one for each revision

    git format-patch HEAD~2..HEAD

gives the same thing.

    git format-patch -1 HEAD~2..HEAD

gives a single file, but only contains changes for the last revision.

Is there any way to do this in git?

In git, how do I create a single patch for the last 2+ revisions?

Is there any straightforward way to modify a binary from the commandline?
Let&#39;s say I know that my binary contains 1234abcd and i want to change it to 12FFabcd or FFFFabcd or maybe even FF34FFabc0 (you get the idea) :-)

How might I achieve that without using any special purpose tools like http://stahlworks.com/dev/swiss-file-knife.html or similar.

It would be great to do it just from the commandline with only standard linux tools.

Or maybe even better instead for searching for the hex string i want to replace directly writing FF at Offset 0x10000, 12 at Offset 0x100001 and so on.

It should be scriptable and run directly from the commandline. I am looking for something like &quot;binary-which-is-included-in-the-distro --write AB --at-offset 100000 --file thebinary.bin&quot;. I am quite sure that it is possible with &quot;dd&quot;, but I wasn&#39;t able to wrap my head around the man page.

Any idea?

Thanks in advance!

Write byte at address (hexedit/modify binary from the command line)

The scenario is:

 1. svn cp or mv some file
 2. modify that file
 3. svn diff &gt; mypatch

On other machine (same working copy, but no changes):

 4. Try to apply mypatch.
 5. Fail -&gt; tries to modify unexistant file.

How can I make svn diff produce patch-appliable patch, or cleanly apply patch produced by svn diff in this case? I can&#39;t commit. I would like to preserve mergeinfo (because the obvious workaround is to add the file as totally new, without connection to the previous one).

How to make svn diff produce file that patch would apply, when svn cp or svn mv was used?

I need to write a script that creates patches for a list of SHA-1 commit numbers.

I tried using `git format-patch &lt;the SHA1&gt;`, but that generated a patch for each commit since that SHA-1 value. After a few hundred patches were generated, I had to kill the process.

Is there a way to generate a patch only for the specific SHA-1 value?


How can I generate a Git patch for a specific commit?

Creating a patch is very easy in SubVersion, With Tortoise, you right-click and select Create Patch. But for the life of me, I can&#39;t find this functionality in TFS. Is this possible?

If not, what&#39;s the standard way to submit patches in open source TFS hosted projects (a la CodePlex)?

Creating a Patch with TFS

I have two tags in my git in same branch. There are at least 5-6 commits between them. How can I create a single patch between the two tags so that it can be applied to a GitHub repo?

How to create patch between two tags with multiple commits between them?

Let&#39;s say that I am 7 commits ahead of the origin/master repo. I would like to create a patch that includes in the patch specific files that were changed, not all the files. Or equivalent exclude specific files from the patch that were changed. How can I achieve that?

Create a patch including specific files in git

I have two local git repositories, both pointing to the _same_ remote repository.

In one git repository, if I do `git format-patch 1`, how can I apply that patch to the other repository?

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