How to select and apply a diff patch to a specific file in Visual Studio Code using the VSC UI?

Question

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?

Visual Studio Code has added some git support in the last few versions.

I don't want to use git command line tools (I won't reject answers but will not accept them as solutions).

For example, I want to know if I can right click on the main source file and select an option, "Apply diff patch" and it opens a file dialog allowing me to select the diff file and apply the changes.

I also have Github Desktop available to use but that doesn't seem to have an "Apply diff" option either.

Thanks in advance.

I have seen this related post:

How do you take a git diff file, and apply it to a local branch that is a copy of the same repository?

When I run the git command I get an error:

directory$ git apply xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

Update: The error above went away after installing XCode command line tools (more info here, https://www.studytonight.com/post/solved-mac-os-xcrun-error-invalid-active-developer-path-missing-xcrun). But the apply command still seems to have done nothing.

Update2: It appears that I have to address the different folder structure used in the diff patch. See https://stackoverflow.com/a/66041903/441016.

Git Patch for Visual Studio Code looks like what I'm looking for. However, here is the error that I see when using it.

Answer 1

In command-line, you could try patch -p1 < my.patch as described in "Error while applying a patch in git".

But in VSCode, there is no command related to patch, so you would need an extension, like git-patch.