How do I simply create a patch from my latest git commit?

git, patch

Solution

In general,

git format-patch -n HEAD^

(check help for the many options), although it's really for mailing them. For a single commit just

git show HEAD > some-patch0001.patch

will give you a useable patch.

Problem

I am looking for the command for creating a patch from the last commit made. My workflow sometimes looks like this: ``` vi some.txt git add some.txt git commit -m "some change" ``` Now I just want to write: ``` git create-patch-from-last-commit-to-file SOME-PATCH0001.patch ``` What should I put there instead of `create-patch-from-last-commit-to-file`?

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