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How to extract a patch file describing the change between present (`HEAD`) and an older commit in a Git repo.
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| # From source repository | |
| cd repo | |
| git diff-index --patch --binary --full-index <commit ID, included>^ | |
| # The patch is dumped to standard output. We capture it (to file, to clipboard) and | |
| # send it to the destination host. | |
| # Into source repository | |
| cd repo | |
| git apply <path to patch file> |
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