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Understanding Git: The history and internals

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“Any program is only as good as it is useful.” - Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux and Git, in a 2007 interview. If you’re a developer who has been putting off understanding how Git works under the hood, then this guide is for you. For those of us who get by with only knowing a few commands, Git can be a little mystifying: A deeper understanding of Git however, will help you feel more confident in your workflow and allow you to get things done faster. In this guide, we’ll show you the fascinating history of Git, Git internals, and a guide of commands for common Git workflows that you can show-off later. Git was built in roughly 5 days and released in April 2005 by Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel. What motivated him to build what became the world’s most used version control system? Two words: licensing dispute. Torvalds was fed up when the company behind BitKeeper, the source code management system for the Linux kernel and many other open-source projects, revoked the Linu

“Any program is only as good as it is useful.” - Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux and Git, in a 2007 interview . If you’re a developer who has been putting off understanding how Git works under the hood, then this guide is for you. For those of us who get by with only knowing a few commands, Git can be a little mystifying: A deeper understanding of Git however, will help you feel more confident in your workflow and allow you to get things done faster. In this guide, we’ll show you the fascinating history of Git, Git internals, and a guide of commands for common Git workflows that you can show-

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