On 14/05/13 16:02, Daniel Stenberg wrote: > On Tue, 14 May 2013, Tim Rühsen wrote: > >> But now that I made all the requested changes to my working tree, how >> do I make a diff to some commit back in time or to upstream ? >> Especially with git format-patch ? Locally, I didn't create my own >> branch, so i am on master. (I have to read a git book someday...) > > 'git commit --amend [files]' > > ... to update your (most recent) commit. Then you can git format-patch > again and resend. > > But yes, working on stuff like this in your own local branch is often > a better idea if you ask me... You can convert this into a branch with: git branch branchname git checkout -B master origin/master
Then switch from one to the other with git checkout <master/branchname>