---
name: "guilt-new"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "guilt"
version: "0.36-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/guilt-new"
---

# guilt-new(1)

Create a new patch

## NAME

guilt-new - Create a new patch

## SYNOPSIS

*guilt new* \[-f\] \[-s\] \[-e\|-m message\] \<patchname\>

## DESCRIPTION

Create a new patch and push it on top of the stack. An optional patch description can be supplied either interactively on via the command line.

## OPTIONS

- \-f

  Force patch creation if there are unrefreshed changes. These changes will get automatically imported into the new patch.

- \-s

  Add a Signed-off-by with your committer identifier string to the patch message.

- \-e

  Edit the patch message interactively. This option can be combined with -s to easily sign off on the patch.

- \-m \<message\>

  The "\<message\>" string will used as the commit message. This option can be combined with -s to easily sign off on the patch.

\<patchname\>

Name of the patch to create. This must be a legal relative pathname string. For example, "foo", "foo/bar", and "foo/bar/foobar" are all valid.

## EXAMPLES

Create a new patch called *foobar*:

```
$ guilt new foobar
```

Create a patch called *foo* and supply a patch description interactively:

```
$ guilt new -e foo
```

Create a patch called *bar* with a provided patch description and sign off on the patch:

```
$ guilt new -s -m patch-fu bar
```

## AUTHOR

Written by Josef "Jeff" Sipek \<**jeffpc@josefsipek.net**\[1\]\>

## DOCUMENTATION

Documentation by Josef "Jeff" Sipek \<**jeffpc@josefsipek.net**\[1\]\>

## GUILT

Part of the [**guilt**(7)](/guilt/7.md) suite (Generated for Guilt v0.36)

## NOTES

- 1\.

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  mailto:jeffpc@josefsipek.net