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Re: applying and committing patches in a single git command

From
EZErez Zilber <erezzi.list@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 15, 2008, 09:46 UTC
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<ce513bcc0807150246g790ca009vc0a76bd6ef0aac9b@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> wrote:
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> Erez Zilber wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Someone created a patch with git-format-patch and sent it to me. I
>> would like to apply & commit the patch. If I use git-apply, it only
>> patches my tree without committing it. Now, I need to copy the commit
>> log, run git-commit and paste the commit log there. Is there a more
>> intelligent way to do that?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Erez
>>
> git-am, can take all bunch of them at once
>
> Boaz
>
Thanks. I have 2 more questions:
1. How can I tell git-am to take a patch from an e-mail from a gmail account?
2. If I have the actual patch on my machine (not in an e-mail
message), I guess that I need something else (not git-am). Is there
anything like that?

Thanks, Erez

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  1. Erez ZilberJul 15, 2008
  2. Stephan BeyerJul 15, 2008
  3. Boaz HarroshJul 15, 2008
  4. Erez ZilberJul 15, 2008
  5. Andreas EricssonJul 15, 2008
  6. Erez ZilberJul 15, 2008

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