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 *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 `REQUIREMENTS` for 1.21 gigawatts and committed with 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 a patch with our changes. ``` (stderr) $ git push rad -o no-sync -o patch.message="Define power requirements" -o patch.message="See details." HEAD:refs/patches ✓ Patch e4934b6d9dbe01ce3c7fbb5b77a80d5f1dacdc46 opened To rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6Mkt67GdsW7715MEfRuP4pSZxJRJh6kj6Y48WRqVv4N1tRk * [new reference] HEAD -> refs/patches ``` It will now be listed as one of the project's open patches. ``` $ rad patch ╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ │ ● ID Title Author Reviews Head + - Updated │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ● e4934b6 Define power requirements bob (you) - 3e674d1 +0 -0 now │ ╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ $ rad patch show e4934b6d9dbe01ce3c7fbb5b77a80d5f1dacdc46 ╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ │ Title Define power requirements │ │ Patch e4934b6d9dbe01ce3c7fbb5b77a80d5f1dacdc46 │ │ Author bob (you) │ │ Head 3e674d1a1df90807e934f9ae5da2591dd6848a33 │ │ Branches flux-capacitor-power │ │ Commits ahead 1, behind 0 │ │ Status open │ │ │ │ See details. │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ 3e674d1 Define power requirements │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ● opened by bob (you) (3e674d1) now │ ╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ ``` We can also confirm that the patch branch is in storage: ``` $ git ls-remote rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6Mkt67GdsW7715MEfRuP4pSZxJRJh6kj6Y48WRqVv4N1tRk refs/heads/patches/* 3e674d1a1df90807e934f9ae5da2591dd6848a33 refs/heads/patches/e4934b6d9dbe01ce3c7fbb5b77a80d5f1dacdc46 ``` Wait, let's 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 ``` ``` (stderr) RAD_SOCKET=/dev/null $ git push -o patch.message="Add README, just for the fun" ✓ Patch e4934b6 updated to revision 773b9aab58b11e9fa83d0ed0baca2bea6ff889c9 To compare against your previous revision e4934b6, run: git range-diff f2de534[..] 3e674d1[..] 27857ec[..] To rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6Mkt67GdsW7715MEfRuP4pSZxJRJh6kj6Y48WRqVv4N1tRk 3e674d1..27857ec flux-capacitor-power -> patches/e4934b6d9dbe01ce3c7fbb5b77a80d5f1dacdc46 ``` And let's leave a quick comment for our team: ``` $ rad patch comment e4934b6d9dbe01ce3c7fbb5b77a80d5f1dacdc46 --message 'I cannot wait to get back to the 90s!' -q 8c66f87afadc7c7c857f8bb92973c25f64e75776 ✓ Synced with 1 node(s) ```