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Produce a diff compatible with patch command

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Sometimes you just need a diff to apply using patch. The regular git --diff does not work. Try this instead: 

git diff --no-prefix > some_file.patch

Then somewhere else you can reverse it: 

patch -p0 < some_file.patch
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Git diff:
* Syntax
* Show differences in working branch
* Show changes between two commits
* Show differences for staged files
* Compare branches
* Show both staged and unstaged changes
* Show differences for a specific file or directory
* Viewing a word-diff for long lines
* Show difference between two commits or branches
* Show differences between current version and last version
* Produce a diff compatible with patch command
* Using meld to see all modifications in the working directory
* Diff UTF-16 encoded text and binary plist files
* Show changes between two branches
* View a three-way merge including the common ancestor
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