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Comment by pmontra

8 days ago

There is git format-patch to create a diff and git send-email [2] to mail it to another developer and git-am [3] to apply the patches from a mailbox.

The Linux kernel developers have been using that workflow for a lot of time. Maybe still now.

[1] https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch

[2] https://git-scm.com/docs/git-send-email

[3] https://git-scm.com/docs/git-am

> The Linux kernel developers have been using that workflow for a lot of time

Yes, they do. Git itself is also developed that way.

Btw, you don't need to use format + send-email, send-email calls format-patch under the hood