Philipp Kroos <philipp.kr...@t-online.de> writes: > If you first create a branch on your side and switch to it before > making changes, you can run format-patch against your local copy of > master as well.
Or, if you are a git newbie like me, and fail to read the relevant part of the org page on contributing, and make your changes in the original master, you can also create patches from the original master branch using the HEAD identifier. For example, git format-patch HEAD~1 gives you a patch of the last commita. If, after having made your changes in the master branch, a pull has resulted in newer changes, you can create more patches by increasing the "argument" to head. For example, currently I need to run git format-patch HEAD~3 to re-create a patch of my own, local changes. I hope (?) this patch is as good as one that would be created by having my own branch. Sorry if the terminology is a bit mixed, but as I said, I am a git newbie. (As a long-time CVS user I would need to reserve some time to study the manual...) -- Jarmo
