Generating Patches

Generate portable git patch files from codebase modifications, enabling users to apply Claude's edits to their local repositories.

When to Use

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.

Prerequisites

Verify git is available and the working directory is a git repository (or can be initialized as one):

git status 2>/dev/null || git init

If working with an uploaded codebase that lacks git history, initialize and create a baseline commit before making edits: