Inside the .git folder - Explore the mysterious depths...
summary
Repository internals are enumerated and demonstrated: the contents and roles of files like HEAD and FETCH_HEAD, the binary index and how git ls-files and git add update it, object storage layout (blobs trees commits), how objects are compressed and shelved into pack files, and how git cat-file -p and git gc reveal and consolidate data. Concrete commands and file formats are shown so the claim about “how git stores changes” is proved, with live examples of inspection and packing.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Start
- 0:24Hand Raising Exercise
- 2:51What Git Is
- 4:51Entrance to the Dot Get Folder
- 8:00Tree Object
- 9:37Fetch Head File
- 11:00The Head File
- 13:42Config File
- 16:43Binary File
- 21:52The Info Folder
- 22:37Refs Folder
- 24:42The Hooks Folder
- 26:35The Pre-Commit Hook
- 27:52Logs Folder
- 29:25The Objects Folder
- 31:22Who Created Git
- 34:52Info Folder
- 39:23Indexes of the Pac Files
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