git apply allows you to apply a diff onto your HEAD. Most often you can achieve the same result with a rebase & merge.
Example:
master commit1 - commit3
feature-branch \ commit2 - commit4
git checkout feature-branch
git reset --hard commit3
git diff ..commit4 | git apply
master commit1 - commit3
feature-branch \ Unstaged commit 2 & 4
You can also create a patch and apply it afterwards.
Posted by Emanuel to makandra dev (2019-07-02 09:57)