We have a set of applications we often clone to bootstrap new projects. Managing downstream updates to many similar, but not precisely the same code bases can be tricky, even with git. http://twitter.com/cookrn came up with this approach:
creating/applying patch files with git :: gist.github.com/2140571 /cc @brettgoulder @drawohara
— Ryan Cook (@cookrn) March 20, 2012
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perfect!