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 3581e83ad18f5cdd806ab50fa11cfd5dd4e8ae1c 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 Head + - Updated │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ● 3581e83 Define power requirements bob (you) 3e674d1 +0 -0 now │ ╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ $ rad patch show 3581e83ad18f5cdd806ab50fa11cfd5dd4e8ae1c ╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ │ Title Define power requirements │ │ Patch 3581e83ad18f5cdd806ab50fa11cfd5dd4e8ae1c │ │ 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/3581e83ad18f5cdd806ab50fa11cfd5dd4e8ae1c ``` 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 3581e83 updated to revision 6de8527cdf51f96e12649c7278efe1dccfdee885 To rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6Mkt67GdsW7715MEfRuP4pSZxJRJh6kj6Y48WRqVv4N1tRk 3e674d1..27857ec flux-capacitor-power -> patches/3581e83ad18f5cdd806ab50fa11cfd5dd4e8ae1c ``` And let's leave a quick comment for our team: ``` $ rad patch comment 3581e83ad18f5cdd806ab50fa11cfd5dd4e8ae1c --message 'I cannot wait to get back to the 90s!' -q b6711a58b45323f3ef2bb87cfb2b3b4d04c22a8b ✓ Synced with 1 node(s) ```