In this chapter, we will cover commits in detail. Commits are the basic building blocks of our history, both containing the actual content of our versions and the parent pointers that define our history. Deliberately fashioning commits and attaching well-formed commit messages to them are foundational skills needed to be a valuable individual contributor in a collaborative setting.
What’s in a Workspace
At its core, Git is about files and directories. In software development, the place where we store project-specific files with our code is commonly called the workspace. When I refer to our workspace, I ...
