If I read correctly git stores all it’s files in blobs. If you modify a file does the modified version of the file get it’s own blob and therefor it’s own sha?
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If I read correctly git stores all it’s files in blobs. If you modify a file does the modified version of the file get it’s own blob and therefor it’s own sha?
That’s correct – if the file’s content changes even by a single bit, it will have a new object name (a.k.a. the SHA1sum or hash). You can see the object name that the file would have with
git hash-object, if you want to test that:You can find out more about how the hashes for blobs are calculated here: