Git terms
Version control is time travel for your codebase
Git is the version control system the entire industry converged on — and there is more to it than commit, push, and pull. This category covers branching strategies, rebasing, merging, conflict resolution, hooks, tags, and the internal object model that explains why Git behaves the way it does. Understanding Git deeply prevents disasters and enables confident collaboration.
Git Rebase vs Merge
Merge preserves branch history with a merge commit — rebase rewrites commits onto the target branch for a linear history.
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Conventional Commits Tooling
Automating semantic versioning and changelog generation from commit messages using commitizen, commitlint, standard-version, and semantic-release.
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Git Blame & Archaeology
Using git blame, git log -S, and git bisect to trace when code was introduced, who wrote it, and which commit caused a bug — essential for debugging and context.
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Git LFS
Replaces large binary files with text pointers in git — keeping repository fast while storing actual binaries on a separate LFS server.
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Git Revert vs Reset vs Restore Three different ways to undo in git — revert creates a new undo commit (safe for shared branches), reset moves HEAD (rewrites history, dangerous on shared branches), restore undoes working directory changes.
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Git Submodules & Monorepo Alternatives
Git submodules embed one repo inside another — complex to manage. Composer packages, git subtrees, and monorepos are better alternatives for most PHP projects.
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Git Workflows Compared 1.5 Gitflow (feature/develop/release/main branches) vs Trunk-Based Development (short-lived branches merged to main daily) — TBD is preferred for CI/CD, Gitflow for release-based software.
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GitHub Actions — Reusable Workflows & Matrices
Advanced GitHub Actions patterns — reusable workflow files, matrix strategies for parallel testing, composite actions, and environment protection rules.
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Signed Commits & GPG Verification
Cryptographically signing commits with GPG or SSH keys proves the commit was made by the stated author — important for supply chain security and verifying commit integrity.
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Git Bisect 1.7.14 A binary search tool that finds the commit that introduced a bug by marking commits as good or bad — locating the culprit in O(log n) steps.
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Git Cherry-Pick Applies the changes from a specific commit onto the current branch, creating a new commit with the same changes but a different hash.
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Git Hooks
Scripts that run automatically at specific points in the git workflow — pre-commit for linting, pre-push for tests, commit-msg for message format enforcement.
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Git Reflog A log of every position HEAD has pointed to — the safety net for recovering commits after a bad reset, rebase, or accidental branch deletion.
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