Attempts to find the commit a patch applies to cleanly. Usage: git-match-patch {branch} {patch-file}

git-match-patch

#!/bin/bash
current=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
commits=$(git rev-list $1)
for rev in $commits; do
  git checkout --quiet $rev
  git apply --check $2 2>/dev/null
  if [ $? == 0 ]; then
    git log -n 1
    exit 0
  fi
done
echo "No commit found."
git checkout --quiet $current
exit 1