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date: '2024-02-08'
description: distributed version control system for tracking changes in source code, with internals based on content-addressable storage and merkle dags.
id: git
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title: git
created: '2024-02-08'
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That one tool that every developers uses, but no one really understands.

See also [The Git Parable](https://tom.preston-werner.com/2009/05/19/the-git-parable) by Tom Preston-Werner.

# internals