title: How to select and apply a diff patch to a specific file in Visual Studio Code using the VSC UI?
body: <p>I received a diff patch for a project I'm working on and I want to know if there is a simple way in Visual Studio Code, to apply that diff to the file it is referred to?</p>
  <p>Visual Studio Code has added some git support in the last few versions.</p>
  <p>I don't want to use git command line tools (I won't reject answers but will not accept them as solutions).</p>
  <p>For example, I want to know if I can right click on the main source file and select an option, &quot;Apply diff patch&quot; and it opens a file dialog allowing me to select the diff file and apply the changes.</p>
  <p>I also have Github Desktop available to use but that doesn't seem to have an &quot;Apply diff&quot; option either.</p>
  <p>Thanks in advance.</p>
  <p>I have seen this related post:</p>
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12320863/how-do-you-take-a-git-diff-file-and-apply-it-to-a-local-branch-that-is-a-copy-o">How do you take a git diff file, and apply it to a local branch that is a copy of the same repository?</a></p>
  <p>When I run the git command I get an error:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>directory$ git apply xcrun: error: invalid active developer path
  (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at:
  /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p><strong>Update</strong>: <em>The error above went away after installing XCode command line tools (more info here, <a href="https://www.studytonight.com/post/solved-mac-os-xcrun-error-invalid-active-developer-path-missing-xcrun" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.studytonight.com/post/solved-mac-os-xcrun-error-invalid-active-developer-path-missing-xcrun</a>). But the apply command still seems to have done nothing.</em></p>
  <p><strong>Update2:</strong> <em>It appears that I have to address the different folder structure used in the diff patch. See <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/66041903/441016.">https://stackoverflow.com/a/66041903/441016.</a></em></p>
  <p><strong><a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=paragdiwan.gitpatch" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Git Patch for Visual Studio Code</a></strong> looks like what I'm looking for. However, here is the error that I see when using it.</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/8iSKS.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/8iSKS.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>