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You won't feel a repair, but I now do both replace and repair (in that order).
I carry a spare, and swap it out and have the confidence of riding it immediately.
The addition to that is that I now do what Roberto advised, keep the punctured tyre and take it home and examine the puncture and patch it up if it's salvageable (holes next to the valve tend not to be, I also avoid long holes and tears). That's your new spare.
This doesn't work so well with really lightweight racing innertubes, but with thicker tubes it works great.
You do not feel the puncture repair.