Let's look at how patch updates work. Alice creates a project and Bob clones it. ``` ~alice $ rad init --name heartwood --description "radicle heartwood protocol & stack" --no-confirm --announce Initializing radicle 👾 project in . ✓ Project heartwood created ✓ Syncing inventory.. ✓ Announcing inventory.. Your project's Repository ID (RID) is rad:zhbMU4DUXrzB8xT6qAJh6yZ7bFMK. You can show it any time by running `rad .` ``` ``` ~bob $ rad clone rad:zhbMU4DUXrzB8xT6qAJh6yZ7bFMK ✓ Tracking relationship established for rad:zhbMU4DUXrzB8xT6qAJh6yZ7bFMK with scope 'all' ✓ Fetching rad:zhbMU4DUXrzB8xT6qAJh6yZ7bFMK from z6MknSL…StBU8Vi.. ✓ Forking under z6Mkt67…v4N1tRk.. ✓ Creating checkout in ./heartwood.. ✓ Remote alice@z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi added ✓ Remote-tracking branch alice@z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi/master created for z6MknSL…StBU8Vi ✓ Repository successfully cloned under [..]/heartwood/ ``` We wait for Alice to sync our fork. ``` ~bob $ rad node events -n 1 --timeout 1 {"type":"refsSynced","remote":"z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi","rid":"rad:zhbMU4DUXrzB8xT6qAJh6yZ7bFMK"} ``` Bob then opens a patch. ``` ~bob (stderr) $ cd heartwood $ git checkout -b bob/feature -q $ git commit --allow-empty -m "Bob's commit #1" -q $ git push rad -o sync -o patch.message="Bob's patch" HEAD:refs/patches ✓ Patch 627477fdb46b9aaf3f0677c415b569cd21227b76 opened ✓ Synced with 1 node(s) To rad://zhbMU4DUXrzB8xT6qAJh6yZ7bFMK/z6Mkt67GdsW7715MEfRuP4pSZxJRJh6kj6Y48WRqVv4N1tRk * [new reference] HEAD -> refs/patches ``` ``` ~bob $ git status --short --branch ## bob/feature...rad/patches/627477fdb46b9aaf3f0677c415b569cd21227b76 ``` Alice checks it out. ``` ~alice $ rad patch checkout 627477f ✓ Switched to branch patch/627477f ✓ Branch patch/627477f setup to track rad/patches/627477fdb46b9aaf3f0677c415b569cd21227b76 $ git show commit bdcdb30b3c0f513620dd0f1c24ff8f4f71de956b Author: radicle Date: Thu Dec 15 17:28:04 2022 +0000 Bob's commit #1 ``` Bob then updates the patch. ``` ~bob (stderr) $ git commit --allow-empty -m "Bob's commit #2" -q $ git push rad -o sync -o patch.message="Updated." ✓ Patch 627477f updated to c4114446af35501300c68571cfb07a6f5c7e1eef ✓ Synced with 1 node(s) To rad://zhbMU4DUXrzB8xT6qAJh6yZ7bFMK/z6Mkt67GdsW7715MEfRuP4pSZxJRJh6kj6Y48WRqVv4N1tRk bdcdb30..cad2666 bob/feature -> patches/627477fdb46b9aaf3f0677c415b569cd21227b76 ``` Alice pulls the update. ``` ~alice $ rad patch show 627477f ╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ │ Title Bob's patch │ │ Patch 627477fdb46b9aaf3f0677c415b569cd21227b76 │ │ Author did:key:z6Mkt67GdsW7715MEfRuP4pSZxJRJh6kj6Y48WRqVv4N1tRk │ │ Head cad2666a8a2250e4dee175ed5044be2c251ff08b │ │ Commits ahead 2, behind 0 │ │ Status open │ ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ cad2666 Bob's commit #2 │ │ bdcdb30 Bob's commit #1 │ ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ● opened by bob (z6Mkt67…v4N1tRk) [ ... ] │ │ ↑ updated to c4114446af35501300c68571cfb07a6f5c7e1eef (cad2666) [ ... ] │ ╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ $ git ls-remote rad f2de534b5e81d7c6e2dcaf58c3dd91573c0a0354 refs/heads/master cad2666a8a2250e4dee175ed5044be2c251ff08b refs/heads/patches/627477fdb46b9aaf3f0677c415b569cd21227b76 ``` ``` ~alice $ git fetch rad $ git status --short --branch ## patch/627477f...rad/patches/627477fdb46b9aaf3f0677c415b569cd21227b76 [behind 1] ``` ``` ~alice $ git pull Updating bdcdb30..cad2666 Fast-forward ``` ``` ~alice $ git show commit cad2666a8a2250e4dee175ed5044be2c251ff08b Author: radicle Date: Thu Dec 15 17:28:04 2022 +0000 Bob's commit #2 ```