gitest

This repository is used to sort key concepts and test all kinds of usage or workflow around git so as to help me grasp this tool.

branch

• Commit object

  • Single commit repository data
  • Git object data for multiple commits

• A branch is just a lightweight movable pointer to a commit object, usually points to the last commit, every time when commit, it moves forward automatically.

  Branch pointing into the commit data’s history

  When create a branch, a new pointer is created, use git branch.

  git branch testing

• A HEAD is a pointer of pointer, pointing to the local branch the user is currently on.

  HEAD file pointing to the branch you’re on

  To switch to an existing branch, use git checkout git checkout testing

see [ref.1]

nvie branch model(workflow)

1. a successful git branching model (gitflow workflow)
2. practice in detail on gitflow workflow

[ref.1]

http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Branching-What-a-Branch-Is