This document provides an overview of Git, a distributed version control system. It describes what Git is, how it differs from other version control systems, its object model and data structures, benefits of using Git for engineers and companies, and sample Git commands. Key points are that Git allows non-linear development, efficiently handles large projects, tracks content changes rather than file containers, stores snapshots of file trees over time, and provides benefits like cheap local branching and a small, fast, and distributed workflow.

1. Git, Fast and Distributed Version Control System Salimane Adjao Moustapha [email_address] http://theindexer.wordpress.com Ethos Technologies

2. Introduction

8. Blob Object A blob generally stores the contents of a file. git show 6ff87c466498...

9. Tree Object A tree is a simple object that has a bunch of pointers to blobs and other trees - it generally represents the contents of a directory or subdirectory. git ls-tree 6ff87c466498...

10. Commit Object The "commit" object links a physical state of a tree with a description of how we got there and why. git show -s --pretty=raw 6ff87c466498...

11. . -- README -- lib/ --inc/ --tricks.rb --mylib.rb

14. Typical workflow