THE VIDEO SHELF · git version control
Lecture 6: Version Control (git) (2020)
A lecture from MIT's Missing Semester course covering version control with git. It builds up git from its data model rather than from commands.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN frequently calls it the best single video on git because it teaches the underlying data structures.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Missing Semester
- Topic
- git version control
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 9
- HN mentions in dataset
- 9
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2023
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From the original HN conversations
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Video-wise there is hardly a better explainer on git than this one: 'Lecture 6: Version Control (git) (2020)' [VIDEO]
janvdberg on Hacker News · 2021-04
In Git from the Bottom Up (2008)I personally find this to be the best video on git by far: [VIDEO] (MIT OpenCourseWare, Missing Semester). 1h25mn well spent
hassancf on Hacker News · 2022-02
In Git in one imageI've recommended it here previously, and I'll do it again, because it's so fantastic: Missing Semester's lecture on Git [VIDEO]
mynameismon on Hacker News · 2022-06
In Dangit, Git?
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