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+# Some notes on how to do backports
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+I'm currently figuring out how to do this properly, these are just notes, so I don't have to find everything again.
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+https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40757246/git-status-and-git-diff-empty-after-failed-git-am
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+git remote add patch-origin <path>
+git fetch patch-origin
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+
+
+git format-patch  -1
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+git am --ignore-whitespace --ignore-space-change -3 < 
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+git am --continue
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+git mergetool
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