Git Top Tips

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Advice: checkline endings into the repo with use .gitattributes text=auto rather than relying on per-machine settings because avoid core.autocrlf — mismatched settings cause phantom changes. Store large frequently changing assets with git-lfs for changing binaries (example: a 75 MB PNG produces repeated heavy history unless LFS stores pointer metadata and fetches only the latest file). Recover lost work with git reflog and git-recover (reflog finds prior commits; git-recover can restore staged-but-uncommitted files).

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1. 0:00Start
2. 0:55Use .gitattributes to manage Line Endings
3. 3:10Use Git-LFS for binary files
4. 4:55Recovering Data with Git

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