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Dev tools · October 12, 2020

Baby Git

Guidebook for developers to learn how Git is coded

Baby Git launched on October 12, 2020 with 76 votes, #644 of 4,018 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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What it does

The Baby Git Guidebook for Developers dives into the initial commit of Git's C code in detail to help developers learn what makes Git tick. If you're curious how Git works under the hood, you'll enjoy this.

Decoding Git Guidebook for Developers

Decoding Git discusses the very first version of the Git codebase written by Linus Torvalds (the creator of Linux) in 2005. Git's original version is written in the C programming language and consists of about 1,000 lines of code and a total of 7 commands, and they actually work. The simplicity and 'smallness' of the code make Git's initial commit the perfect codebase for you to study to learn how the code works. The fact that one of the most popular and useful tools in software development history is so simple to understand directly from its initial code is an amazing thing. This guidebook makes the learning experience even easier, by diving into Git's original C code in detail to help you…from initialcommit.com

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