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title: Quickly Apply Patches Using Git and curl or wget
nav: blog
description: How to quickly download a patch file and apply it to a Git repository in one line
tags:
  - git
  - drupal-planet
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Testing a patch file is usually a two-step process. First you download the patch file from the source, and then you run a separate command to apply it.

You can save time and typing by running the two commands on one line:
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Testing a patch file is usually a two-step process. First you download the patch file from the source, and then you run a separate command to apply it.

You can save time and typing by running the two commands on one line:

    $ curl http://drupal.org/files/[patch-name].patch | git apply -v

Or, if you don't have curl installed, you can use wget:

    $ wget -q -O - http://drupal.org/files/[patch-name].patch | git apply -v

These commands need to be run within the root of your Git repository (i.e. where the .git directory is).

These snippets were taken from [Applying Patches with Git](https://drupal.org/node/1399218) on Drupal.org.
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