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The git checkout-index command is a lesser-known but occasionally useful Git command. It allows you to check files out of the index (the staging area)...
git read-tree is a lower-level command that provides foundational functionality upon which more user-friendly commands are built. At its core, git...
The git ls-files command is used in Git to display detailed information about files that are tracked by Git in a repository. It's very helpful when...
In Git, the term "tree" refers to a tree object. A tree object represents a directory and serves as a container for other tree objects and blob...
In Git, a blob (short for "binary large object") is used to store the content of a file. A blob is essentially a snapshot of the content of a file at...
In Git, data is stored as objects. Each object is identified by a unique SHA-1 hash. There are several types of objects in Git: commit, tree, blob,...