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The GitHub Blog·Aug 30, 2022·32 min read·Derrick Stolee64

Git's database internals II: commit history queries

This post explores Git commit history as a database where ‘git log’ is the query language. Learn about Git’s custom query index – the commit-graph file – and how to make sure it's enabled in your repositories.

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