Just enough of a Git client to create a repo, commit, and push itself to GitHub

Create a simple Git client in Python to manage repositories, commit changes, and push to GitHub. Gain a deeper understanding of Git's inner workings.

Introduction

A concise guide to creating a simple Git client to manage repositories, commit changes, and push to GitHub.

Highlights

• Implements just enough of a Git client to create a repository, add files to the index, commit, and push to GitHub
• Uses the same binary index format that Git uses, allowing the use of Git commands to check the work
• Includes additional commands such as status, diff, cat-file, ls-files, and hash-object to aid in debugging

Recommendation

This course is recommended for those who want to gain a deeper understanding of the inner workings of Git by implementing a basic Git client from scratch using Python. It provides a practical and hands-on approach to learning Git's object model and command-line interface.