git push patch to remote

Question

is it possible to push a formatted patch directly to remote server without even cloning the repo?
Something like:

git push http://git:mr/android.git master 0001-patch.patch

As far as i know you cant do it. in order to apply patch/archive/bundle you must clone the repo — CodeWizard, Mar 15 '15 at 09:14

VonC · Answer 1 · 2017-07-07T12:12:11.687

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You cannot apply a patch on a remote natively, through some kind of specif "push".

You would need to implement a listener which would detect a patch and apply it (like applying patches from emails, mentioned in "Git Tip of the Week: Patches by Email").

But more generally, this isn't trivial to implement because of potential conflicts which might have to be resolved when applying the patch: this is much easier to do in a local cloned repo.

edited Jul 07 '17 at 12:12

answered Mar 15 '15 at 11:28

VonC

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link is not valid anymore, here you go: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Distributed-Git-Maintaining-a-Project#_patches_from_email – Stefan Karlsson Jul 07 '17 at 12:11
@StefanKarlsson Thank you. I have edited the answer accordingly. – VonC Jul 07 '17 at 12:12

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