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# git format-patch
> Prepare `.patch` files. Useful when emailing commits elsewhere.
> See also: `git am`.
> More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch>.
- Create an auto-named `.patch` file for all the unpushed commits:
`git format-patch {{origin}}`
- Write a `.patch` file for all the commits between 2 revisions to `stdout`:
`git format-patch {{revision_1}}..{{revision_2}}`
- Write a `.patch` file for the `n` latest commits:
`git format-patch -{{n}}`