How to create a patch file for each of multiple commits

[goofyfooter]

I would like to create separate patch files for each of several commits, but can not find a way to select multiple commits in the create patch panel.

1. As depicted in the following screenshot of my Create Patch…/Patch From Commits, I have ticked the Create a separate patch file per commits (append sequence number to filename) checkbox so that I could create a series of patch files.  I have selected commit "**Fix Some Analyze…" and would have liked to select commit "**Fix Issue #005…" also. But, there doesn't appear to be any way to select more than one commit.
2. If I proceed with 1., a commit file named "patch0001.diff" is created from commit "**Fix Some Analyze…" and the Patch From Commits panel is dismissed.
3. If I return to Create Patch…/Patch From Commits, the panel is set to its default state with the Create a separate patch… checkbox unticked and the Patch File: path reset to the repository.
4. If I reset the panel as in 1. and this time select a different commit, "**Fix Issue #005…", then create the patch, the patch file "patch0001.diff" is replaced with the  patch from commit "**Fix Issue #005…".  I was expecting another patch file to be created titled "patch0002.diff".

I just don't see how one is supposed to utilize the Create a separate patch file per commits (append sequence number to filename) checkbox to create a sequence of patches.

[minnsey · Accepted solution]

Hi

Holding the ctrl key while clicking on the commit should allow you to select multiple commits.

[goofyfooter]

On the Mac the CTRL key doesn't work, but the CMD key does!

Before I posted the question, I thought that I tried all the modifier keys many different ways, but I apparently overlooked the CMD key.

Holding the CMD key down while clicking on commits does, indeed, add to the selection.  Then proceeding with Create Patch…/Patch From Commits as I detailed in 1. above does produce a series of patch files, each containing a different commit.

Thanks Michael.  Your answer moved me off the dime.

[minnsey]

Ah missed the mac aspect. Glad you are back up and running