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-# url-magic
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+# url-magic
+
+These are some changes to the [README](https://github.com/simontaite/url-magic/blob/master/README.md) file
+
+The pull request for these changes can be found at https://github.com/simontaite/url-magic/pull/1
+
+If we change the url by adding `.diff` to the end we get the diff of the changes
+
+Similarly, we change the url by adding `.patch` to the end we get a patch of the changes which can be applied as usual via `git apply`
+
+You can test a pull request locally by `curl`ing the file, making sure to follow redirects
+
+```sh
+$ curl -L https://github.com/simontaite/url-magic/pull/1.patch | git apply -v
+```
+
+### Sample diff
+```
+diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
+index 7c4517f..eb5b074 100644
+--- a/README.md
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+@@ -1 +1,47 @@
+-# url-magic
+\ No newline at end of file
++# url-magic
++
++These are some changes to the [README](https://github.com/simontaite/url-magic/blob/master/README.md) file
++
++The pull request for these changes can be found at https://github.com/simontaite/url-magic/pull/1
++
++If we change the url by adding `.diff` to the end we get the diff of the changes
++
++Similarly, we change the url by adding `.patch` to the end we get a patch of the changes which can be applied as usual via `git apply`
++
++You can test a pull request locally by `curl`ing the file, making sure to follow redirects
++
++```sh
++$ curl -L https://github.com/simontaite/url-magic/pull/1.patch | git apply -v
++```
++
++### Sample diff
++```
++ {recursion, noun. See 'recursion.' In order to understand recursion, you must first understand recursion. }}
++```
+
+```