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<h1 id="working-with-patches-in-apple-mail">Working with <code>git</code> Patches in Apple Mail</h1>
<p>2023-05-11</p>
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<p><strong>Before we begin</strong>: You could likely automate this process in a more streamlined way, but for most use cases this workflow should be fine.</p>
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<p>I recently covered how to <a href="/git-patches">work with git email patches in Evolution on Linux</a>, so I thought it would make sense to walk through a similar workflow for those using Apple Mail on MacOS. The idea is essentially the same, with just a little extra work involved.</p>
<h2 id="create-a-patches-mailbox">Create a “Patches” Mailbox</h2>
<p>The first thing you’ll need to do is make a new <code>Patches</code> mailbox folder inside your existing mail account. Once done, your default Mail sidebar should look similar to the following:</p>
<p><img src="/public/images/apple-mail-1.png" alt="The Apple Mail sidebar with the Patches folder present" /></p>
<p><em>The Apple Mail sidebar with the “Patches” folder present</em></p>
<h2 id="applying-patches">Applying Patches</h2>
<p>Now navigate to the email message containing a <code>git</code> patch. Right-click and select <em>Move to</em> > <em>Patches</em>. Now in the sidebar, right-click your <em>Patches</em> folder and select <em>Export Mailbox…</em>. You’ll be prompted to save this folder locally. I suggest having a top-level folder named <strong>Patches</strong> to make things consistent.</p>
<p>Inside this folder you should see something similar to the following structure:</p>
<p><img src="/public/images/apple-mail-2.png" alt="The contents of the saved Patches mailbox folder" /></p>
<p><em>The contents of the saved Patches mailbox folder</em></p>
<p>Once saved, open your terminal, navigate to the project you wish to apply this new patch to:</p>
<pre><code>cd my-path/very-cool-project
</code></pre>
<p>and then run:</p>
<pre><code>git apply ~/Patches/<saved-patches-mailbox-folder>/mbox
</code></pre>
<p>Congrats! You’ve successfully applied a git email patch through Apple Mail! Well, kind of. The terminal did most of the <em>real</em> work. Just be sure to periodically <em>purge</em> your local <em>Patches</em> folder to keep things clean!</p>
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