generating-patches
✓Generates git patch files from codebase modifications for local application. Use when user mentions patch, diff, export changes, bring changes back, apply locally, or after editing uploaded codebases.
Installation
SKILL.md
Generate portable git patch files from codebase modifications, enabling users to apply Claude's edits to their local repositories.
Activate after modifying files in an uploaded codebase when the user needs to transfer changes back to their local environment. Typical workflow: user uploads zip → Claude edits files → this skill exports changes as a patch.
Verify git is available and the working directory is a git repository (or can be initialized as one):
Generates git patch files from codebase modifications for local application. Use when user mentions patch, diff, export changes, bring changes back, apply locally, or after editing uploaded codebases. Source: oaustegard/claude-skills.
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- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills --skill generating-patches- Source
- oaustegard/claude-skills
- Category
- </>Dev Tools
- Verified
- ✓
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01
- Updated
- 2026-02-18
Quick answers
What is generating-patches?
Generates git patch files from codebase modifications for local application. Use when user mentions patch, diff, export changes, bring changes back, apply locally, or after editing uploaded codebases. Source: oaustegard/claude-skills.
How do I install generating-patches?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills --skill generating-patches Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor
Where is the source repository?
https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills
Details
- Category
- </>Dev Tools
- Source
- skills.sh
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01