Git Internals Demystified: Branches, Merges, and the Reflog (Part 2)
Feb 27 · 13 min read · In Part 1, we cracked open the .git directory and found blobs, trees, SHA-1 hashes, and the index. You saw that git add does not talk to any server, it just writes objects locally. Good stuff. Now thi
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Inside Git: How It Works and the Real Role of the .git Folder
Feb 12 · 4 min read · Most developers use Git daily.Very few actually understand what’s happening inside it. If you’ve ever typed: git add . git commit -m "done" …and felt productive without knowing what Git actually did behind the scenes — this article is for you. Toda...
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Inside Git: How It Works
Feb 11 · 8 min read · As software professionals, Git is a part of our daily lives. Terms like fetch, merge, pull, commit are etched into our minds. But how many of us actually know how Git works behind the scenes? How it is able to keep track of every change and give us t...
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Inside Git: How It Works and the Role of the .git Folder
Feb 11 · 4 min read · If you’ve been using git for a long time (or) just started your developer journey & are curious to know how git works behind the scenes. Then you’re at the right place. In this blog we will discuss the working and internals of git. Git is a Version C...
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Under the Hood: The Elegant Geometry of Git Internals
Feb 10 · 11 min read · Most developers treat Git like a black box: you input commands, and history magically appears. But beneath the surface of git commit isn't a complex algorithm, it’s an elegant, remarkably simple data store. Git is fast and makes it impossible to lose...
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Part 3: How Git Really Works Internally
Feb 7 · 5 min read · So far in this series, we understood three important things: Why Git exists What problems it solves How we use Git from the outside (add, commit, etc.) Now comes a very natural question: What is Git actually doing inside when I run commands lik...
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