How to apply a patch generated with git format-patch

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I have 2 git local 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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If you re using a JetBrains IDE  like IntelliJ IDEA  Android Studio  PyCharm   you can drag the patch file and drop it inside the IDE  and a dialog will appear  showing the patch s content  All you have to do now is to click  Apply patch   and a commit will be created

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git apply name-of-file patch

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Note  You can first preview what your patch will do  First the stats  git apply --stat a file patch  Then a dry run to detect errors  git apply --check a file patch  Finally  you can use git am to apply your patch as a commit  This also allows you to sign off an applied patch  This can be useful for later reference  git am --signoff  lt  a file patch   See an example in this article   In your git log  you   ll find that the commit messages contain a    Signed-off-by    tag  This tag will be read by Github and others to provide useful info about how the commit ended up in the code

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Or  if you re kicking it old school   cd  path to other repository patch -p1  lt  0001-whatever patch

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First you should take a note about difference between git am and git apply  When you are using git am you usually wanna to apply many patches  Thus should use   git am   patch   or just   git am   Git will find patches automatically and apply them in order  -   UPD Here you can find how to generate such patches

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If you want to apply it as a commit  use git am

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