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14 mentions on Hacker News by 13 people: 2 stories, 12 comments · first 2013-09-23 · latest 2026-05-18

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  1. The best recommendation is "Git Internals" ( https://github.com/pluralsight/git-internals-pdf ). It teaches you how git works from the internal, and give you absolute confidence and understanding on how the tool works. I guess it'd take…
  2. …repo containing an intro to git internals[1]. Would highly recommend everyone to take a look [1] https://github.com/pluralsight/git-internals-pdf
    comment by alkh · 2025-04-07 · in 20 years of Git
  3. I still very much recommend the Peepcode Git Internals book. https://github.com/pluralsight/git-internals-pdf/releases
  4. …Looks like peepcode was acquired, but the book was open sourced: https://github.com/pluralsight/git-internals-pdf I'm reading through it now. It starts with the fundamental git structure and works up from there.
  5. …[1]: At the time, I had to pay money for the eBook, now they have the whole thing on GitHub: https://github.com/pluralsight/git-internals-pdf [2]: https://blog.plover.com/
    comment by LukeShu · 2019-01-16 · in How to teach Git
  6. …git internals is surprisingly easy and has a lot of ROI. This tiny book has everything you need https://github.com/pluralsight/git-internals-pdf
    comment by rootlocus · 2017-12-31 · in Good books for deep hacks
  7. …properly. It pays of hugely in the long run. The book that clicked for me was Git Internals [1] [1] https://github.com/pluralsight/git-internals-pdf
  8. …availible on Github[1]. [0]: http://web.archive.org/web/20121015074953/https://peepcode.c... [1]: https://github.com/pluralsight/git-internals-pdf
  9. My favourite introduction to Git internals is by Scott Chacon: https://github.com/pluralsight/git-internals-pdf/releases
    comment by kranner · 2015-09-11 · in Git from the Bottom Up (2009) [pdf]
  10. …Understanding Git in Git Internals by Scott Chacon also has a good explanation of how Git works. https://github.com/pluralsight/git-internals-pdf
    comment by jibsen · 2015-06-28 · in Git from the inside out
  11. A quick Google search came up with this: https://github.com/pluralsight/git-internals-pdf
  12. Pluralsight has kept it alive! https://github.com/pluralsight/git-internals-pdf