When contributing to another's project, it is common for the contribution to be of many commits and involve a discussion with the project's maintainer. This is supported via Radicle's patches. Here we give a brief overview for using patches in our hypothetical car scenario. It turns out instructions containing the power requirements were missing from the project. ``` $ git checkout -b flux-capacitor-power $ touch REQUIREMENTS ``` Here the instructions are added to the project's README for 1.21 gigawatts and commit the changes to git. ``` $ git add REQUIREMENTS $ git commit -v -m "Define power requirements" [flux-capacitor-power 3e674d1] Define power requirements 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 REQUIREMENTS ``` Once the code is ready, we open (or create) a patch with our changes for the project. ``` $ rad patch open --message "define power requirements" --no-confirm 🌱 Creating patch for heartwood ok Pushing HEAD to storage... ok Analyzing remotes... z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi/master (f2de534) <- z6MknSL…StBU8Vi/flux-capacitor-power (3e674d1) 1 commit(s) ahead, 0 commit(s) behind 3e674d1 Define power requirements ╭─ define power requirements ─────── No description provided. ╰─────────────────────────────────── ok Patch d4ef85f57a849bd845915d7a66a2192cd23811f6 created 🌱 ``` It will now be listed as one of the project's open patches. ``` $ rad patch - YOU PROPOSED - define power requirements d4ef85f57a8 R0 3e674d1 (flux-capacitor-power) ahead 1, behind 0 └─ * opened by did:key:z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi (you) [..] └─ * patch id d4ef85f57a849bd845915d7a66a2192cd23811f6 - OTHERS PROPOSED - Nothing to show. $ rad patch show d4ef85f57a849bd845915d7a66a2192cd23811f6 patch d4ef85f57a849bd845915d7a66a2192cd23811f6 ╭─ define power requirements ─────── No description provided. ╰─────────────────────────────────── commit 3e674d1a1df90807e934f9ae5da2591dd6848a33 Author: radicle Date: Thu Dec 15 17:28:04 2022 +0000 Define power requirements diff --git a/REQUIREMENTS b/REQUIREMENTS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 ``` Wait, lets add a README too! Just for fun. ``` $ touch README.md $ git add README.md $ git commit --message "Add README, just for the fun" [flux-capacitor-power 27857ec] Add README, just for the fun 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 README.md $ rad patch update --message "Add README, just for the fun" --no-confirm d4ef85f57a849bd845915d7a66a2192cd23811f6 🌱 Updating patch for heartwood ok Pushing HEAD to storage... ok Analyzing remotes... d4ef85f57a8 R0 (3e674d1) -> R1 (27857ec) 1 commit(s) ahead, 0 commit(s) behind ok Patch d4ef85f57a849bd845915d7a66a2192cd23811f6 updated 🌱 ``` And lets leave a quick comment for our team: ``` $ rad comment d4ef85f57a849bd845915d7a66a2192cd23811f6 --message 'I cannot wait to get back to the 90s!' z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi/5 $ rad comment d4ef85f57a849bd845915d7a66a2192cd23811f6 --message 'I cannot wait to get back to the 90s!' --reply-to z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi/5 z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi/6 ``` Now, let's checkout the patch that we just created: ``` $ rad patch checkout d4ef85f57a849bd845915d7a66a2192cd23811f6 ok Performing patch checkout... ok Switched to branch patch/d4ef85f57a8 ```