.git Directory Explanation
In this article, we'll introduce Git folders .git. We'll cover why Git creates folders and what they contain.
.gitWhat are folders
in Git ?
Git is a widely used version control system. Git repositories store the changes you make in your project.
.gitThe .hdf directory stores all the data in your repository. This folder can store anything from information about your commits to your repository's email address.
You will also find a log containing your commit history. Using this log, you can restore the desired version of the code.
When you run git initthe command to initialize an empty repository, Git creates .gitthe folder.
You can view this folder by running the following command.
ls -C .git
You can expect output like shown below.
$ ls -C .git
COMMIT_EDITMSG HEAD config hooks/ info/ objects/ refs/
FETCH_HEAD ORIG_HEAD description index logs/ packed-refs
Let's explore the contents of this directory further.
You can see what the object database contains by running the following command.
ls -C .git/objects
You should get the output as shown below.
$ ls -C .git/objects
03/ 24/ 30/ 77/ 87/ ac/ b6/ c6/ e1/ ec/ info/
19/ 29/ 4b/ 78/ 8b/ b1/ c3/ d4/ e6/ f6/ pack/
1f/ 2d/ 67/ 7b/ a6/ b2/ c4/ dd/ e9/ fa/
You can use ls -C .git/objects/<dir>the command to query database objects.
Let's explore configthe ./configure/files. Run cat .git/configthe ./configure/files command as shown below.
pc@JOHN MINGW64 ~/Git (main)
$ cat .git/config
[core]
repositoryformatversion = 0
filemode = false
bare = false
logallrefupdates = true
symlinks = false
ignorecase = true
[gui]
wmstate = normal
geometry = 893x435+208+208 175 196
[remote "origin"]
url = https://github.com/Wachira11ke/Delftscopetech.git
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
HEADThe file refers to your master branch by default.
.gitThe folder is always hidden to prevent corruption. If you delete the file, you cannot recover the changes in the repository.
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