The following describes the necessary steps to apply a git patch on a repository export

apply-patch.md

Assuming you have a <workdir> directory, that contains the unzipped contents of a repository export/tarball. That directory is called <repository export>.

• Enter the directory of the repository export

  $ cd <workdir>/<repository export>

• Initialize an empty git-repository on the export

  $ git init
  Initialized empty Git repository in <workdir>/<repository export>/.git/
  $ git add .
  $ git commit -m 'Initial commit of <repository export> on a new git history'

• Assuming the patch is to be found in ~/Downloads/repo.patch

• Apply the patch on the newly initialized git-repository

  Note: If you are using git-crypt, you must ignore the .git-crypt folder and its changes if the patch does not apply.

  $ git apply --binary --exclude=.git-crypt/* ~/Downloads/repo.patch
  $ git commit -m 'Applying changes since <repository export> on this git history'