How to push someone else's patch to master?

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I have applied a patch using

git apply someone-else.patch

tested that it works ok and it does so next, I want to push that change to master.

The problem is I want to do that without re-authoring a commit for it (i.e. since the patch is not my work, but someone else's, I am keen they keep the authorship credit on the git log).

At the moment the applied patch is not showing up on my gitlog so I am assuming there is another step but I have no recollection of what that step is from having done this quite a while ago in the past and not needed to repeat it again very often. Google is not being forthcoming here, so my guess is I am forgetting the name of the appropriate command.

To summarise, what can I do next to get this patch pushed without making a fresh commit?

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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To summarise, what can I do next to get this patch pushed without making a fresh commit?

Well, you have to make a fresh commit.
But at least, you can make said commit with the right author name:

git commit --author="xxx <xxx@email.com>" -m "patch from xxx"

(see an example at "git commit as different user without email / or only email")

edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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answered Nov 01 '14 at 13:10

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 01 '14 at 13:15

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I ended up following the instructions found on this blog but added one step to make the procedure work properly

The procedure:

git apply someone-else.patch
Test it works
git add changed-files
git am --signoff < someone-else.patch
git push

answered Nov 01 '14 at 13:15

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How to push someone else's patch to master?

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