How to create patch series on Mercurial and Git¶

Mercurial¶

You can use "hg export".

$ hg log -l 2
changeset:   8260:d0d25df3c46b
branch:      git-fetch-20120316-original
tag:         tip
user:        test
date:        Fri Mar 16 11:25:26 2012 +0900
summary:     Process new git revisions all at once rather than per

changeset:   8259:30d69339f9a2
branch:      git-fetch-20120316-original
user:        test
date:        Fri Mar 16 11:25:10 2012 +0900
summary:     Pass revisions to git-log via stdin

$ hg export -r 8259:8260 > example.diff

Git¶

You can use "git format-patch".

$ git log -n 2 | cat
commit 3137eff804b0fc35b03e5c9c3ff574617f8a5bc7
Author: test
Date:   Fri Mar 16 19:06:15 2012 +0900

    Process new git revisions all at once rather than per

commit 21a480dd6e08f3c3cce54e1d6ee4c05b0dd59daa
Author: test
Date:   Fri Mar 16 19:06:14 2012 +0900

    Pass revisions to git-log via stdin

$ git format-patch -k --stdout 21a480dd6e08f^..3137eff804b0fc35 > example-mbox-git.diff