A 10-part series that takes developers deep into the internals and advanced features of Git — from object storage and branching strategies to rewriting history and debugging workflows.
Explore how Git stores objects internally and how understanding object storage can help with optimizing repository size and performance.
Delve into advanced branching techniques such as Gitflow, feature branching, and trunk-based development, and learn how to choose the right strategy for your projects.
Learn the ins and outs of rewriting Git history using interactive rebase, amend, reset, and other powerful tools while maintaining repository integrity.
Discover effective debugging techniques in Git, including bisect, reflog, and cherry-pick, to troubleshoot issues and navigate through complex version control scenarios.
Uncover the world of Git hooks - pre-commit, post-commit, pre-push, and more - and learn how to use hooks to automate tasks, enforce policies, and integrate with external tools.
Optimize Git performance by understanding object reachability, object packing, shallow clones, and other techniques to speed up operations in large repositories.
Master collaboration in Git through strategies like code review workflows, forking vs. branching, pull request best practices, and maintaining a clean commit history.
Explore Git workflows tailored for Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment pipelines, including branching models, versioning strategies, and automating release processes.
Dive deep into Git internals by understanding plumbing commands like cat-file, hash-object, and reflog, and how they interact with high-level porcelain commands.
Learn how to treat Git as a database by querying commit history with tools like git log, grep, and custom formatting to extract valuable insights and metrics.