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I Looked Inside .git and You Won't Believe What I Found (Actually, You Will,cos It's Fascinating)

NJEI on December 08, 2025

We've all done it a thousand times: git init Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode And just like that, a .gi...
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Alex

Thanks for that ! Really valuable info. I had no idea that we can create our own scripts that interact with git. By the way, just as a contribution to the discussion, another day I realized that dll files carry commit hashes with them as a property of the file. Hope that information also helps.

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NJEI

Thanks for your contribution Alex!

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Michael Kochell

Beautiful. Linus would be proud!

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Makes me wonder why it's not used often. Seems like a decent tool

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Gina Stone

Like who takes time to check it? Respect dude

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NJEI

Appreciate

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Luca Bennett

This is such a great breakdown! It’s crazy to realize how much of Git’s magic is just plain files and folders. Peeking inside .git really makes you appreciate how branches, commits, and objects actually work under the hood. I especially love the part about hooks automation is a game-changer.

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NJEI

Thank you Luca. Fundamentals are really magical

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Md Shoriful Islam Ashiq

Niceee

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Tarek Bohdima

appreciate it, great read!

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NJEI

Thank you so much

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All Ventures

Thanks never really looked into this. Well detailed

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Curious

Cool piece.

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NJEI

Thank you!