Applying patches

Now we know how to create patches from commits. It is time to learn to apply them.

Getting ready

We'll use the repository from the previous examples along with the generated patches as follows:

$ cd offline-sharing 
$ git checkout master
$ ls -1a
.
..
.git
Makefile
README.md
another_pi.c
latest-commit
math.c
not-on-master

How to do it...

First, we'll checkout the develop branch and apply the patch generated from the master branch (0001-Calculate-pi-with-more-digits.patch) in the first example. We use the Git command am to apply the patches; am is short for apply from mailbox:

$ git checkout develop
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/develop'.
$ git am latest-commit/0001-Calculate-pi-with-more-digits.patch
Applying: Calculate pi with more digits

We can also apply the master branch to the series of patches that was generated from the develop branch as follows:

$ git checkout master
Switched to branch 'master'
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
$ git am not-on...