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The GitHub Blog·Aug 29, 2022·27 min read·Derrick Stolee63

Git's database internals I: packed object store

This blog series will examine Git’s internals to help make your engineering system more efficient. Part I discusses how Git stores its data in packfiles using custom compression techniques.

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