The definitive deep dive into the .git folder

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Opens the .git folder and shows exactly what is stored: objects: commits → trees → blobs with Zlib-compressed files that git cat-file can inflate, unzipper to inspect raw objects and git-explorer to visualize the DAG. Demonstrates init vs --bare, staging makes blob objects, commits reference trees, branches/tags are refs (plain files), detached HEAD behavior, reflogs track moves and Git cleans unreachable objects after ~2 weeks, hooks run shell scripts (use symlink tools like githooks/husky), and amending or force-push never safely removes an already-pushed secret.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:14New Git repository
3. 3:41Committing files
4. 8:29Inspecting Git objects
5. 12:44Git Explorer
6. 15:37Staging changes
7. 17:25File history storage
8. 20:39Amending commits
9. 23:14Never commit secrets
10. 25:01Git objects explained
11. 27:07Branches in .git
12. 29:05Detached HEAD
13. 31:23Managing branches
14. 32:26Git remotes
15. 37:06Recovering commits
16. 40:18Resetting commits
17. 45:09Git hooks
18. 52:03Git config
19. 56:20Git aliases
20. 58:29Index file
21. 1:01:19Summary
22. 1:02:47Q&A

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