Some Miscellaneous Git Facts(jvns.ca)

23 points by qsantos 3 years ago | 1 comments

Confusing Git Terminology(jvns.ca)

491 points by soheilpro 3 years ago | 257 comments

Julia Evans blog post explaining confusing git terms like HEAD, detached HEAD, fast-forward, and staging area, based on answers from Mastodon.

Git rebase, what can go wrong(jvns.ca)

191 points by kens 3 years ago | 247 comments

Git Branches: Intuition and Reality(jvns.ca)

347 points by tambourine_man 2 years ago | 215 comments

Julia Evans blog post comparing an intuitive mental model of git branches with how git actually represents branches internally.

In a Git repository, where do your files live?(jvns.ca)

331 points by todsacerdoti 3 years ago | 88 comments

Julia Evans blog post explaining where git stores file versions inside the .git/objects directory, investigated with short Python programs.

Popular Git config options(jvns.ca)

343 points by ingve 2 years ago | 107 comments

Julia Evans blog post compiling popular git config options gathered from asking people on Mastodon about their favourite settings.