gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index dad2274..f2fed80 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -201,7 +201,13 @@ build() {
        shopt -s nullglob
        for i in "${patches[@]}" "$startdir/patches/"*; do
                msg2 "Applying ${i##*/}..."
-               patch -Np1 -i "$i" || (error "Applying ${i##*/} failed" && return 1)
+               git apply --check "$i"
+               if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+                 git apply "$i"
+               else
+                 error "Applying ${i##*/} failed" && return 1
+               fi
+               git commit -a -m "Applied $i"
        done
        shopt -u nullglob