Apply a GitHub PR as a patch to a repo
To apply a patch from a GitHub Pull Request (PR) to your local repository, you can follow these steps:
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Fetch the PR as a patch file:
- Navigate to the Pull Request on GitHub.
- Append
.patch
to the end of the PR URL. For example, if the PR URL ishttps://github.com/username/repo/pull/123
, you would usehttps://github.com/username/repo/pull/123.patch
. - Download the patch file from this URL.
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Apply the patch to your local repository:
- Open your terminal.
- Navigate to your local repository directory.
- Use the
git apply
command to apply the patch. For example:git apply /path/to/your/downloaded/patchfile.patch