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Illustrated Git

What's Actually Happening Under the Hood

Understand the graph behind the commands. Trace commits, branches, merges, and rebases through a project you build with a teammate.

Coming soon

We’re preparing this book for publication. Its Amazon listing will be linked here when it’s available.

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A REAL LOOK INSIDE

Why Git Exists

Version control records how a project changes. This chapter begins with folder copies, compares centralized and distributed systems, and introduces the snapshot model used throughout the book. It ends by configuring the identity Git writes into new commits.

An excerpt from the working manuscript. Read the illustrated pages or download the complete sample chapter.

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First page of Why Git Exists, a sample from Illustrated Git

A LITTLE MORE CLARITY

What you’ll explore.

Developers who use Git but want a clearer mental model.

The outline is from the working manuscript and may change before publication.

01The working tree and index
02Commits and objects
03Branches
04Merging and rebasing
05Undoing changes
06Working with a team

PUT AN IDEA TO WORK

There’s a seat for your curiosity.

Try a coding problem, then compare approaches with a friend.

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