2011-01-30-github-tip-download-commits-as-patches.markdown

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post	GitHub Tip: download commits as patches	2011-01-30	https://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/2011/01/github-tip-download-commits-as-patches.html	github	/assets/images/1000px-GitHub.svg.png

Some time ago, the brilliant [GitHub](http://github.com/) people gave me the following tip. Rajarshi is [lazy](https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3160093&group_id=20024&atid=120024#), and might find it interesting. By appending `.patch` to the commit URL, a commit can easily be downloaded as patch. That way, developers can easily download it with `wget` or `curl` and apply it locally with `git am`, without having the fetch the full repository.

For example, Dmitry made this commit in his branch, having the URL https://github.com/dmak/cdk/commit/9b0478d50c7b5ca10f77fb01d89329db5fe80625. The patch for this commit can then be downloaded at this URL https://github.com/dmak/cdk/commit/9b0478d50c7b5ca10f77fb01d89329db5fe80625.patch.