Improved local patch management using named patch files, use carefully

git-bottle

#!/usr/bin/env bash

if [ $# -eq 1 ] ; then
  NAME=$1
else
  echo "Please pass exactly one argument, which is the name of the patch file"
  exit 1
fi

git add .

# if previous patch file with the same name exists untrack it
if [ -f "$NAME.patch" ] ; then
  git rm --cached $NAME.patch
fi

# warning: this will diff all changes into a file called NAME.patch and do a hard reset of the current branch
git diff --staged > $NAME.patch
git reset --hard $HEAD

add safety check to remove previous patch file if it exists