Or you could use a distro that makes this easy. Sign in at https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/server:http/nginx https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/ser

Or you could use a distro that makes this easy. Sign in at https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/server:http/nginx https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/server:http/nginx, click "Branch package," add your new patch and 2 lines to the spec file to apply it, turn on publishing under Repositories. Then `zypper addrepo obs://home:$USER:branches:server:http/openSUSE_$VER $USER` and you're done.