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Build your own Git

Learn about git objects, plumbing commands and more

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Git is a version control system used to track changes in source code. In this challenge, you'll build your own Git implementation that is capable of cloning a public repository from GitHub.

Along the way, you'll learn about the .git directory, Git objects, plumbing commands and more.

Stages

Initialize the .git directory
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Read a blob object
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Create a blob object
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Read a tree object
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Write a tree object
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Create a commit
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Clone a repository
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“ Found out about CodeCrafters from a colleague. It's a tutorial site that has you build your own version of things like Git and Docker from scratch. A cool way to build a stronger mental model of how those tools work. avatar Beyang Liu CTO, Sourcegraph “ Never in my life have I needed something so much and not known until I received it. avatar Lacronicus Reddit user