Apply git bundle to source tree?

From: Andreas Grünbacher <andreas.gruenbacher@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 18, 2020, 11:13 UTC
Message-ID: <CAHpGcMJqmUmCR_u3fxSVppzwBo8_6RJG5-WLrXAWXm+OQ6_3bA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I'm wondering if there's a way to apply a particular head in a bundle to a source tree, for example:

  $ git bundle create v5.9-rc1.bundle v5.8..v5.9-rc1
  $ cd linux-5.8
  $ git bundle APPLY ../5.9-rc1.bundle v5.9-rc1

That would allow to reconstruct either the original repository or just the underlying source tree, so the bundle could be used as a kind of super diff.

Thanks, Andreas