fetch-patch

fetch a patch from github (works for private repos too)

Useful for piping into git am

NOTE: requires io.js v1.x+ or node v4

Install

$ npm install -g fetch-patch

Usage

$ fetch-patch help

fetch-patch

  fetch a patch from github (works for private repos too)

  usage:
    fetch-patch <patch url>
    fetch-patch <repo owner> <repo name> <pr #>

  note:
    in order for private repositories to work correctly, one must create a
    github token and place it in ~/.github_token

Example

$ fetch-patch https://github.com/iojs/io.js/pull/1457.patch | git am
 
# or 
$ fetch-patch iojs io.js 1457 | git am

Author

Evan Lucas

License

MIT (See LICENSE for more info)