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" --message "See details." master <- z6MknSL…StBU8Vi/flux-capacitor-power (3e674d1) 1 commit(s) ahead, 0 commit(s) behind 3e674d1 Define power requirements ✓ Patch de3096d5cc422136016ac210b870bfa9d0f11481 created To publish your patch to the network, run: git push rad ``` It will now be listed as one of the project's open patches. ``` $ rad patch ╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ │ ● ID Title Author Head + - Opened │ ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ● de3096d Define power requirements z6MknSL…StBU8Vi (you) 3e674d1 +0 -0 4 months ago │ ╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ ``` ``` $ rad patch show de3096d5cc422136016ac210b870bfa9d0f11481 -p ╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ │ Title Define power requirements │ │ Patch de3096d5cc422136016ac210b870bfa9d0f11481 │ │ Author did:key:z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi │ │ Head 3e674d1a1df90807e934f9ae5da2591dd6848a33 │ │ Branches flux-capacitor-power │ │ Commits ahead 1, behind 0 │ │ Status open │ │ │ │ See details. │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ● opened by did:key:z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi (you) [ ... ]│ ╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ 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 ``` We can also see that it set an upstream for our patch branch: ``` $ git branch -vv * flux-capacitor-power 3e674d1 [rad/flux-capacitor-power] Define power requirements master f2de534 [rad/master] Second commit ``` 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 $ rad patch update --message "Add README, just for the fun" de3096d5cc422136016ac210b870bfa9d0f11481 Updating 3e674d1 -> 27857ec 1 commit(s) ahead, 0 commit(s) behind ✓ Patch updated to revision d00f978a43a255c7f2f9f23d39b555d103900c6d ``` And let's leave a quick comment for our team: ``` $ rad comment de3096d5cc422136016ac210b870bfa9d0f11481 --message 'I cannot wait to get back to the 90s!' 225353d1b9195f6cf4cfe098ce7935d4c933c36e $ rad comment de3096d5cc422136016ac210b870bfa9d0f11481 --message 'I cannot wait to get back to the 90s!' --reply-to 225353d1b9195f6cf4cfe098ce7935d4c933c36e 089c2d74d18036c75b1b4d3a32770c720a6967e2 ``` Now, let's checkout the patch that we just created: ``` $ rad patch checkout de3096d ✓ Switched to branch patch/de3096d ``` We can also add a review verdict as such: ``` $ rad review de3096d5cc422136016ac210b870bfa9d0f11481 --accept --no-message --no-sync ✓ Patch de3096d accepted ``` Showing the patch list now will reveal the favorable verdict: ``` $ rad patch show de3096d ╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ │ Title Define power requirements │ │ Patch de3096d5cc422136016ac210b870bfa9d0f11481 │ │ Author did:key:z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi │ │ Head 27857ec9eb04c69cacab516e8bf4b5fd36090f66 │ │ Branches flux-capacitor-power, patch/de3096d │ │ Commits ahead 2, behind 0 │ │ Status open │ │ │ │ See details. │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ● opened by did:key:z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi (you) [ ... ]│ │ ↑ updated to d00f978a43a255c7f2f9f23d39b555d103900c6d (27857ec) [ ... ]│ │ ✓ accepted by z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi (you) [ ... ]│ ╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ ```