Creating git repos: 1> intialize the repo <pre> cd linux-2.6.27 git-init-db Add all the files in the directory to repository. git-add . </pre> Configuring the Repos git-config --global user.name "Srinivas Kandagatla" git-config --global user.email "srinivas.kandagatla@gmail.com" Committing the changes to see changes: git-status git-add <new files> git-update-index <modified files> commit all the changes using your sign. git-commit -s Creating Patches: git-format-patch HEAD^1 |