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Apr 7, 2016 at 23:44
The very first commit to git has a great overview of how git works:
Initial revision of "git", the information manager from hell · git/git@e83c516
Initial revision of "git", the information manager from hell · git/git@e83c516
Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/). Please follow Documentation/SubmittingPatches procedure for any of your improvements. - Initial revision of "git", the information manager from hell · git/git@e83c516

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