Knowledge is Power - Getting out of Trouble by Understanding Git

Dive into the core concepts of Git in this 50-minute conference talk from GOTO Amsterdam 2019. Explore how understanding Git's underlying principles can help resolve complex issues and enable powerful workflows. Learn about refs, branches, tags, reset, garbage collection, and pack files. Discover techniques for merging, including fastforward, creative, and recursive methods. Master rebasing, resetting, and using rebase with the exec command. Gain insights into Git's seemingly counterintuitive behavior and acquire lesser-known features to enhance your development toolkit. Equip yourself with the knowledge to troubleshoot Git-related problems and optimize your version control practices.