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strogonoff on Dec 25, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Some Git internals

Nice walkthrough! I did not know about FETCH_HEAD.

Another (complementing) way of getting an idea how Git works is by reading the source of Isomorphic Git[0]. Being in JS and with fewer (as of now) features, it’s a bit more accessible than reference Git.

[0] E.g. https://github.com/isomorphic-git/isomorphic-git/blob/main/s...

duffmancd on Dec 26, 2020 [–]

I really enjoyed running through Write Yourself A Git[0], which guides you through implementing a basic Git replacement in python.

[0]https://wyag.thb.lt/

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