Re: About GIT Internals
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- May 25, 2022, 23:34 UTC
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Hi Aman, responses inline below.
On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 09:40:42PM +0530, Aman wrote:
> Could someone please assist - in sharing some resources - which I > could go through, to better understand GIT software internals.
There is an excellent free book at https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2 .
Chapter 10 is about git internals. It is important to realize that, unlike many other version control systems, git works effectively on files locally on your computer, without any server or other shared resources to manage. Also, one good way to learn may be to form a question that you want to answer first. "How do I ...." or "what happens when I ....". Since git works locally, it is possible to create a git repo, look at the files contained in the .git directory, take action with git, and then look at the files again.
Many people use git from the command line. If you are not familiar with the command line, you may be interesting in learning more about it. Mozilla, the makers of the Firefox web browser, have a wiki page to familiarize yourself with the command line here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Tools_and_testing/Understanding_client-side_tools/Command_line
Happy Explorations! Eldon