00-Mental-Models

🧠 Mental Models (Most Important Section)

Before learning commands, understand how Git thinks.

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Why This Matters

If you skip this:

❌ Git feels confusing ❌ You memorize commands ❌ You panic when something breaks

If you learn this:

✅ Git becomes predictable ✅ You understand what’s happening ✅ You can fix problems easily

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Core Ideas You Must Understand

• Git is a snapshot system
• Branches are pointers
• HEAD is your current position
• Staging area is a pre-commit buffer
• Commits are snapshots, not diffs

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📍 Start Here

👉 git-as-snapshots.md

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After This Section

You will:

• Understand Git deeply
• Stop memorizing blindly
• Learn faster in all next sections