Let's start by creating two patches. ``` (stderr) RAD_SOCKET=/dev/null $ git checkout -b feature/1 -q $ git commit --allow-empty -q -m "First change" $ git push rad HEAD:refs/patches ✓ Patch a1207f6e82700e42cc46c9c38c7786b18cbd2040 opened To rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi * [new reference] HEAD -> refs/patches ``` ``` (stderr) RAD_SOCKET=/dev/null $ git checkout -b feature/2 -q master $ git commit --allow-empty -q -m "Second change" $ git push rad HEAD:refs/patches ✓ Patch 8357a9f1d61e80309d314491aa754969d9f47d77 opened To rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi * [new reference] HEAD -> refs/patches ``` This creates some remote tracking branches for us: ``` $ git branch -r rad/master rad/patches/8357a9f1d61e80309d314491aa754969d9f47d77 rad/patches/a1207f6e82700e42cc46c9c38c7786b18cbd2040 ``` And some remote refs: ``` $ rad inspect --refs z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi └── refs    ├── cobs    │   ├── xyz.radicle.id    │   │   └── 0656c217f917c3e06234771e9ecae53aba5e173e    │   └── xyz.radicle.patch    │      ├── 8357a9f1d61e80309d314491aa754969d9f47d77    │      └── a1207f6e82700e42cc46c9c38c7786b18cbd2040    ├── heads    │   ├── master    │   └── patches    │      ├── 8357a9f1d61e80309d314491aa754969d9f47d77    │      └── a1207f6e82700e42cc46c9c38c7786b18cbd2040    └── rad       ├── id       └── sigrefs ``` Then let's merge the changes into `master`. ``` (stderr) RAD_SOCKET=/dev/null $ git checkout master Switched to branch 'master' $ git merge feature/1 $ git merge feature/2 ``` When we push to `rad/master`, we automatically merge the patches: ``` (stderr) RAD_SOCKET=/dev/null $ git push rad master ✓ Patch 8357a9f1d61e80309d314491aa754969d9f47d77 merged ✓ Patch a1207f6e82700e42cc46c9c38c7786b18cbd2040 merged To rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi f2de534..d6399c7 master -> master ``` ``` $ rad patch --merged ╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ │ ● ID Title Author Head + - Updated │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ✔ [ ... ] Second change alice (you) daf349f +0 -0 now │ │ ✔ [ ... ] First change alice (you) 20aa5dd +0 -0 now │ ╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ ``` We can verify that the remote tracking branches were also deleted: ``` $ git branch -r rad/master ``` And so were the remote branches: ``` $ rad inspect --refs z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi └── refs    ├── cobs    │   ├── xyz.radicle.id    │   │   └── 0656c217f917c3e06234771e9ecae53aba5e173e    │   └── xyz.radicle.patch    │      ├── 8357a9f1d61e80309d314491aa754969d9f47d77    │      └── a1207f6e82700e42cc46c9c38c7786b18cbd2040    ├── heads    │   └── master    └── rad       ├── id       └── sigrefs ```