Be the .txt you seek: Getting out of trouble by understanding Git

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Explains Git’s low-level model: content-addressed blobs trees commits, refs as simple pointers, and how commits form parents so branches and merges work. Gives concrete recovery techniques: use the reflog and GC (objects live ~2 weeks, reflog ~90 days) to reset after a mistaken git reset --hard; use git rebase --exec to run tests during replay and rebase --exec or git bisect to pinpoint a bad commit. Shows hidden-object tricks (git hash-object, tag, cat-file) and packfile behavior.

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1. 0:00Introduction to Git internals
2. 4:01Core data structures in Git
3. 10:31Content-addressable file system
4. 12:00Branches, tags, and refs
5. 15:18Understanding Git reset
6. 17:49Reflog and recovery
7. 19:37Garbage collection and pack files
8. 22:50Merging branches in Git
9. 25:25Fast-forward merges
10. 27:33Merge strategies
11. 29:59Rebasing branches
12. 32:13Recovering from reset hard
13. 34:00Fixing rebase mistakes
14. 35:52Git bisect for debugging
15. 37:18Low-level Git tricks
16. 43:06Summary and Q&A

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