tf2recompiled-public

Patches for Team Fortress 2's leaked source code
The private version is for some commits patches that I can't share yet such as for a video
When I will be able to, I'll share the patches in this repo

Creating a Git repo

Note: Creating a Git repo is not required just to apply patch but I still recommend it since it only takes 5 minutes or so
If you don't know what a Git repo is, click here

Before creating the repo, make sure you don't already have a .git directory in your project, if you do, that means you already have a repo
If you want to create a new one, delete the directory

So first, type git init in your project directory (parent of hl2_src)
This will create the Git repo but you're not done yet, you need a .gitignore file (you might already have one but it's missing some stuff so use the file named recommended.gitignore in this Github repo and rename it to .gitignore)
Then you need to create an Initial commit (see the "Creating a patch" section for a deeper explanation)
To do that, type git add hl2-src and git commit -m "Initial commit"

You can then make changes some files and create a patch! (see the "Creating a patch" section)

Creating a patch

To create a patch, make sure you have a .git directory in your project
If you don't, see the "Creating a Git repo" section
Then make the changes to whatever files you want and when you're done, type git status
It should say something like

On branch master
Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
-       modified:   hl2_src/game/server/tf/tf_player.cpp
-       modified:   hl2_src/game/shared/tf/tf_player_shared.cpp
-       modified:   hl2_src/game/shared/tf/tf_shareddefs.cpp
-       modified:   hl2_src/game/shared/tf/tf_shareddefs.h
-       modified:   hl2_src/game/shared/tf/tf_weaponbase.cpp
-       modified:   hl2_src/game/shared/tf/tf_weaponbase_gun.cpp
-       modified:   hl2_src/game/shared/tf/tf_weaponbase_melee.cpp
-       modified:   hl2_src/game/shared/tf/tf_obj_catapult.cpp

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

Use git add path/to/the/files to tell Git you want to include them in your patch
After that, you can use git status again and it should answer something like

On branch master
Changes to be committed:
  (use "git restore --staged <file>..." to unstage)
+       modified:   hl2_src/game/server/tf/tf_player.cpp
+       modified:   hl2_src/game/shared/tf/tf_player_shared.cpp
+       modified:   hl2_src/game/shared/tf/tf_shareddefs.cpp
+       modified:   hl2_src/game/shared/tf/tf_shareddefs.h
+       modified:   hl2_src/game/shared/tf/tf_weaponbase.cpp
+       modified:   hl2_src/game/shared/tf/tf_weaponbase_gun.cpp
+       modified:   hl2_src/game/shared/tf/tf_weaponbase_melee.cpp
-       modified:   hl2_src/game/shared/tf/tf_obj_catapult.cpp

The files in green will be included in the patch
The files in red won't
If you included a file by accident, you can use git restore path/to/the/files to remove it

Once you're sure your patch is ready, type git commit -m "The name of the commit, this will be the name of the patch" and git format-patch -1
The first command will commit the changes to the Git repo and the second command will create a .patch file from your last commit
The file will have a number before its name (for example: 0001-Epic-commit), you can just rename the file to remove them
You can then upload the patch using the Github interface

If you want to go back to a previous commit, you'll need its ID
You can find it using git log, a command that will show all commits you've made
Then, copy the ID of the commit you want to go back to
There are multiple ways of going back to an old commit, the ones I mostly use are:

• git checkout
  If you use git checkout to restore an old commit, it will actually create another commit so you can still go back to the state before restoring
  To go back to the old commit, type git checkout your_commit_id, git add . and git commit -m "Reverting to your_commit_id_or_your_commit_name"
  Your old commit should have been restored!
  
  You can also use:
  
• git reset --hard
git reset --hard will delete every commit after the old one
  So be very careful when using this method
  
  The command to reset to a commit is just git reset --hard your_commit_id, without any confirmation,
  so make really sure you're going back to the right commit
  

Once your patch has been created, you can apply it easily, check the "Applying a patch" section

Applying a patch

Applying a patch is a really simple command: git am < file.patch
If you have created a Git repo, a commit will be created