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# [Inside Git: How It Works and the Role of the .git Folder](https://buhtig.hashnode.dev/inside-git-how-it-works-and-the-role-of-the-git-folder?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

How Git Works Internally When I first started using GitHub, Git felt like a bunch of commands I had to memorize: git add .git commit -m "something"git push It worked… but I had no idea what was actually happening. Recently, I decided to peek inside G...

Jan 31 · 3 min read · buhtig.hashnode.dev  
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