Git from First PrinciplesPost 16 of 16 · 16 of 16 written
  1. How to use this guide
  2. 01Why version control exists
  3. 02Git's data model: a content-addressed object database
  4. 03References: branches, HEAD and tags are pointers
  5. 04The three areas: working tree, index, repository
  6. 05Daily commands, mapped onto the model
  7. 06Branching and integration: merge, rebase, cherry-pick
  8. 07Undoing things safely
  9. 08Remotes and collaboration
  10. 09Workflows and conventions
  11. 10Git for AI and ML work
  12. 11Git with AI coding agents
  13. 12Power tools
  14. 13Under the hood: build a commit by hand
  15. 14Debugging mindset and recovery playbook
  16. 15Practice path, fluency checklist and glossary
  17. 16Sources

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Git · 16 of 161 min readOct 2026