Dive into the intricacies of Git with this 56-minute conference talk from GOTO Chicago 2016. Explore two approaches to learning Git, understand its internal workings, and gain insights into blobs, commits, trees, refs, branches, and tags. Learn about advanced concepts such as Git GC, PAC files, merge strategies, rebasing, and resetting. Discover how to use Git's powerful features like bisector for regression testing and cat-file for examining hash objects. Gain the knowledge needed to troubleshoot Git issues effectively and become more proficient in your development workflow.
Knowledge is Power - Getting Out of Trouble by Understanding Git
Overview
Syllabus
Intro
Two ways of learning Git
Not a nightmare scenario
XKCD
Internals
Everything is a blob
Git init
Git track
Git objects
Commit
Summary
Commits
Tree
Refs
Branches
Tags
Reset
Ref Log
Git GC
PAC file
Compressed files
Merges
Commit parents
Fastforward merge
Merge strategies
Rebase
Resetting
Replayed History
Replay History exec
bisector
regression testing
objects
hash objects
cat file
fun story
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