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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CTO, Sourcegraph
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Never in my life have I needed something so much and not known until I received it.
Lacronicus
Reddit user