On 04/04/2013 02:49, Pete Goodeve wrote: >> >>> I did: "git format-patch work " >> >> You need to provide some sort of commit range. Looking at the current >> docs of git format-patch I don't see how one could use a branch name, >> so I think the above documentation from our patch page is wrong. > > I would say it is definitely wrong! Some knowledgeable individual should > do some rewriting, as this is apparently important information! > You'll want to try '..': git format-patch origin..HEAD (for the commits between the official tree and the local master) git format-patch master..work (for the ones between the master branch and work (which would better be rebased I suppose) François.