On Nov 24, 2:20 pm, Roddie Grant <gitl...@myword.co.uk> wrote: [...] >> To make things simpler to grok, you can think of all those three types >> of objects as being plain text files. >> Playing with `git ls-tree` and `git cat-file` can give a very clear >> idea about how objects reference one another. > Thanks Konstantin, that's very helpful. I'm still trying to conceptualise > how Git works, and your reply has filled in a few gaps. I recently came across this paper [1] which you may find useful as it tries to explain Git on the object level, showing the precise steps Git performs to create a new commit.
I've spotted one minor deficiency in the article so far (there's no such thing as the "HEAD of the current branch" as Git maintains just one HEAD ref), but otherwise it looks pretty good and is easy to read and understand. 1. http://www.newartisans.com/2008/04/git-from-the-bottom-up.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To post to this group, send email to git-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
