The Zen of Git

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" summary

Explains Git’s internals: how files become blob objects, directories become tree objects, commits point to a top-level tree and to parent commits, and the whole repo is a directed graph of SHA1-addressed objects. Shows exactly how branches are tiny files, how HEAD, checkout, reset, merge and rebase manipulate references, and recounts a real incident that used git filter-branch and coordinated force-pushes to purge leaked secrets from history.

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" chapters (8)

1. 0:00Introduction to Git Zen
2. 1:24Git as a directed graph
3. 4:24Objects in the Git graph
4. 7:49Graph evolution and changes
5. 10:34References and metadata
6. 14:29Common Git commands explained
7. 18:03Advanced Git operations
8. 19:53Q&A session

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