Re: the simplest way to add a file to my git repo and submit as a patch?

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 5 Jul 2007, Nish Aravamudan wrote:

> On 7/5/07, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >   what's the easiest way to submit a patch that represents adding a
> > new file to my git repo?  i'm fairly sure it involves "git add" and
> > "git commit".  i just want to be able to physically add the file, then
> > somehow commit it so it shows up with "git diff", submit that output
> > as a patch, then remove the file and any reference to it and get back
> > to where i started.
> >
> >   what's the recipe?  thanks.
>
> If not on branches:
>
> git add path/to/file
> git commit -a -s
> git diff HEAD^ > your-patch-file
> git reset --hard HEAD^

that's the one i was thinking of, i believe.  thanks.

rday
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