Topic: git

Articles about "git".

Published:Dec 22, 2025 |  at 10:00 AM

What GitHub really sells

After stripping GitHub down to SSH and a bare repository, the product becomes clearer: GitHub sells the collaboration system around Git.

Published:Nov 20, 2025 |  at 11:15 AM

Pull requests are not Git

Git gives us branches, diffs, patches, and merges. A pull request is the collaboration object GitHub built around them.

Published:Sep 18, 2025 |  at 04:20 PM

The server gets a vote

Server-side hooks turn a dumb Git remote into something that can enforce policy before history changes.

Published:Aug 12, 2025 |  at 09:45 AM

git push does not upload your project

A push is not a folder upload. It is Git sending missing objects and asking the remote to move a branch reference.

Published:Jul 10, 2025 |  at 10:30 AM

GitHub is just a remote until it isn't

A small GitHub without GitHub: one Linux box, one bare repository, and the first useful boundary between Git and the product built around it.