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Expand Up @@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ If you do need to do create this sort of patch file, one way to do so is with gi
4. Use git to create a diff, and pipe the output to a patch file:

```ShellSession
$ git diff > nixpkgs/pkgs/the/package/0001-changes.patch
$ git diff -a > nixpkgs/pkgs/the/package/0001-changes.patch
```

If a patch is available online but does not cleanly apply, it can be modified in some fixed ways by using additional optional arguments for `fetchpatch`:
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