If you are tired of downloading and applying patches from tracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress., wp-apply-patch is for you.

$ wp-apply-patch 13023
Downloading from https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/13023...
Applying 13023.diff...
patching file wp-admin/options-general.php

or in the case of multiple patches in the ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.:

$ wp-apply-patch 13237                                                                                                                                ~/wordpress/trunk:creep M
Downloading from https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/13237...
Choose a patch to apply:
	  0 → alot.patch by johnjamesjacoby
	  1 → alot.2.patch by beaulebens
	> 0
Applying alot.patch...
(Stripping trailing CRs from patch.)
patching file wp-admin/import/livejournal.php
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