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Git History and Diffs
Posted on August 30, 2020 in Git by Matt Jennings

In your terminal, just hit ‘enter’ for a new line:

$ git commit -m “1. what i changed
> 2. blank line
> …

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Git References, Commits, and Branches
Posted on August 30, 2020 in Git by Matt Jennings

They are pointers to commits.

Tags and Annotated Tags
Branches
HEAD

HEAD is how git knows what branch you’re currently on, and what the next …

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Git Cherry Picking
Posted on August 28, 2020 in Git by Matt Jennings

Cherry picking in Git means to choose a commit from one branch and apply it onto another.

I have two branches, …

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Git Areas and Stashing
Posted on August 28, 2020 in Git by Matt Jennings

The information below is from Git Foundations chapter of Git In-depth.

Work Area (Work Tree)
Staging Area (Cache or Index)
Repository

Called untracked files.

Files …

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Git Foundations
Posted on August 28, 2020 in Git by Matt Jennings

The information below is from Git Foundations chapter of Git In-depth.

git is like a key value store.
The Value = date
The Key …

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