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Chapter 1 of 7
Named by its contents
Mira and Tom keep Larkspur’s price page in Git. Before they change a price, see how Git names each version of the page.
This chapter: How does Git name a version of a file?
About this chapter
You will learn
- Git names a file’s bytes by their hash
- One changed byte gives a whole new name
- The same bytes always give the same name
Words you’ll meet
- Blob
- Git’s name for one version of a file’s bytes, sealed and stored.
- Hash
- A fixed-length fingerprint computed from bytes: change any byte and it changes completely.
Step 1 of 4
Git seals each version of the page in a crate, a , named by a of its bytes.
Predict what one new price does.