I believe GP is referring to Darcs/Pijul-style patches, rather than Git "patches," which are really just diffs. See https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Understanding_

I believe GP is referring to Darcs/Pijul-style patches, rather than Git "patches," which are really just diffs. See https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Understanding_Darcs/Patch_theory https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Understanding_Darcs/Patch_theo...