how to apply multiple git patches in one shot

Question

I am having around 100 patches like below,is there a way to apply all of them in one shot?

0001-*.patch,0002-*.patch,0003-*.patch............

As one commit, or as about 100 separate ones? – torek Aug 28 '13 at 18:28 — torek, Aug 28 '13 at 18:28

score 45 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 13 '13 at 00:05

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You can use git am, for example

$ git am *.patch

For all available options, checkout the man page.

answered Dec 13 '13 at 00:05

amaechler

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Just to clarify, would this apply all patches in one commit? Or create one commit per patch? – Tim Malone Nov 04 '16 at 06:37
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@TimMalone One commit per patch. – amaechler Feb 25 '17 at 16:39
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@TimMalone Even if they're all separate commits, you can always squash them after the fact via `git rebase -i`, or squash sets of commits into ranges. – Cloud Mar 16 '17 at 03:22
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Sadly, does not work! At least, not here on Windows. – Brad Mar 24 '22 at 00:07
@Brad, added hack for windows. – Varun Garg Dec 08 '22 at 15:56

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered May 16 '20 at 06:04

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To get one commit for all patches:

git apply *.patch
git add -A
git commit -m '<your message>'

Patches are applied in the order of the directory listing.

git apply has most of the flags of git am

answered May 16 '20 at 06:04

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 08 '22 at 15:53

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On Windows/cmd git apply does not recognize *. However some parts of cmd understand it, I use below workaround:

> for /r %i in (patch_dir\*.patch) do git apply %i

answered Dec 08 '22 at 15:53

Varun Garg

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