How to Create a Git Patch From Uncommitted Changes

This article illustrates how we can create a Git patch from the uncommitted changes in our working directory. This is handy when we want to create a patch without creating a commit.

Create a Git Patch From Uncommitted Changes

We will use an example to demonstrate how we can create a patch.

$ git status

We can see that our working directory has some uncommitted changes. Running the git diff --cached command will output:

To create a patch for this, we can run:

$ git diff --cached > mypatch.patch

We can add binary files with:

$ git diff --cached --binary > mypatch.patch

What if we have not staged the files for commit? Is the command the same?

To create a patch for unstaged changes, we can run:

$ git diff > mypatch.patch

In conclusion, we can create a patch for uncommitted changes in Git using the git diff command. This method allows us to create a patch without creating a commit.

You can apply the patch whenever you want to.