We’re going to dig in to some theory behind Git and understand how some parts of Git work. We’ll get our hands dirty and a little greasy under the hood but at the end we’ll have a solid of understanding of just how Git works. Here’s what we’ll cover in this section: Understand the pieces of Git — what makes it work Discover how Git stores data as objects in its database Learn some of the Git innards and how the Git commands you use can be broken down into smaller commands

7. How Git Works

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We’re going to dig in to some theory behind Git and understand how some parts of Git work. We’ll get our hands dirty and a little greasy under the hood but at the end we’ll have a solid of understanding of just how Git works.

Here’s what we’ll cover in this section:

Understand the pieces of Git — what makes it work
Discover how Git stores data as objects in its database
Learn some of the Git innards and how the Git commands you use can be broken down into smaller commands