--- title: "#gitfolder articles | Hashnode" description: "Explore 5 articles tagged #gitfolder on Hashnode. Tutorials, guides, and how-tos from the community." url: "https://hashnode.com/tag/gitfolder" --- Tag # #gitfolder 5 posts · 0 followers [VISHAL RAY](https://hashnode.com/@rayvishal) · [Feb 14](https://hashnode.com/posts/role-of-the-git/6990f79cc767f0589f2d9138) ### [Inside Git: How It Works and the Role of the .git Folder](https://rayvishal.hashnode.dev/role-of-the-git?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) What is the .git Folder and Why It Exists? Before understand the .git directory first we need how and when it create, is it create by itself or manuals? When we run command git init git automatically create a hidden .git folder and this folder is en... 2 min read · [rayvishal.hashnode.dev](https://rayvishal.hashnode.dev/role-of-the-git?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Rahul Rajak](https://hashnode.com/@dev-thinker) · [Jan 30](https://hashnode.com/posts/inside-git-how-it-works-and-the-role-of-the-git-folder/697c6fbec8525549e123e17b) ### [Inside Git: How It Works and the Role of the .git Folder](https://inside-gitfolder.hashnode.dev/inside-git-how-it-works-and-the-role-of-the-git-folder?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) How Git works Internally? Many people think that git keeps file difference, but it is not the case. Actually what git does that it keeps snapshots of different versions. Every time you commit, Git takes a snapshot of your project and stores it intern... 3 min read · [inside-gitfolder.hashnode.dev](https://inside-gitfolder.hashnode.dev/inside-git-how-it-works-and-the-role-of-the-git-folder?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [ANSHU KHANNA](https://hashnode.com/@anshukhanna) · [Jan 26](https://hashnode.com/posts/inside-git-how-it-works-and-the-role-of-the-git-folder/69779911fb1bd78ac5ba200e) ### [Inside Git: How It Works and the Role of the .git Folder](https://git-internal-folder.hashnode.dev/inside-git-how-it-works-and-the-role-of-the-git-folder?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) When we use Git, we usually run commands like git add and git commit without thinking what is going on behind the scenes. In this article, I will tell you what is going behind the scene when we use git commands so that after reading this blog you can... 5 min read · [git-internal-folder.hashnode.dev](https://git-internal-folder.hashnode.dev/inside-git-how-it-works-and-the-role-of-the-git-folder?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Ali Memon](https://hashnode.com/@alimemon627) · [Jan 21](https://hashnode.com/posts/inside-git-how-it-works-and-the-role-of-the-git-folder/69713a22611fd3caae559d46) ### [Inside Git: How It Works and the Role of the .git Folder](https://the-role-of-git-folder.hashnode.dev/inside-git-how-it-works-and-the-role-of-the-git-folder?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) How Git internally works? Git functions as a content-addressable file system and a directed acyclic graph (DAG) of project snapshots. It operates using fundamental known as Git objects, which are all stored in hidden .git directory in your project. ... 3 min read · [the-role-of-git-folder.hashnode.dev](https://the-role-of-git-folder.hashnode.dev/inside-git-how-it-works-and-the-role-of-the-git-folder?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Rohit Chamoli](https://hashnode.com/@Rohit81) · [Jan 16](https://hashnode.com/posts/inside-git-how-it-works-and-the-role-of-the-git-folder/696a6ee12a0d58f0c0da5021) ### [Inside Git: How It Works and the Role of the .git Folder](https://gitsecretaurrohit.hashnode.dev/inside-git-how-it-works-and-the-role-of-the-git-folder?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Hello everyone! We are going to discuss the.git folder in this blog. Most of you have never wondered what might be contained in this.git folder, and most of you do not even know it exists. Now, we are going to take a dive into the.git fold and explor... 8 min read · [gitsecretaurrohit.hashnode.dev](https://gitsecretaurrohit.hashnode.dev/inside-git-how-it-works-and-the-role-of-the-git-folder?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)