May 04, 2020

197: .git internals with Gordon 🔧

56 minutes

OK, If you really want to know how git works, this is the episode for you.

KG talks with his longtime colleague and mentor Gordon McCreight. Gordon is a

wiz in general but his knowledge of git goes deep. So in this episode, KG goes

solo and really dives in-depth about how git works.

Buckle up and listen on; you'll come out on the outer side with a much

sounder understanding of git.

Shownotes

Plumbing and Porcelain

commands

git gc vs

prune

Objects which are no longer referenced can be evicted with git prune; though this is a low-level operation which is often called from git gc. By default it will not remove commits newer than 2 weeks old, and of course the commits that are reachable from that; so provided the branch (or tag) deleted has recent commits, it will stay around in the git repository for up two a fortnight afterwards.

Git internals by John Britton of GitHub - CS50 Tech

Talk

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Contact

@gmccreight

@fragmentedcast or our Youtube channel

@donnfelker and donnfelker (on Instagram)

kaushikgopal (on YouTube) or blog.kaush.co or @kaushikgopal

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