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How to use this Git path

Git is learned by doing in a throwaway repo, then applied daily. Path order: daily loop → branches/PRs → rebase → recovery (reflog/bisect) → hooks. Learn Git Branching visualizer is your friend.

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Step 1 of 3

Create practice repo

github.com/new → git-practice. You will break things here on purpose.

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Create git-practice repo. Clone locally. First commit: README.

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Chapter learning outcomes
  • Throwaway repo practice
  • Daily loop habit
  • Never rewrite shared history casually

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Side quest

First commit

README + .gitignore for OS files. git log --oneline.