Commit Hash
Explore how Git creates unique commit hashes using SHA-1 identifiers and understand the importance of these hashes for referencing commits in version control. Discover how to use partial hashes and branch names to refer to commits efficiently.
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What is a commit hash?
For each commit, Git generates a SHA-1 hash as the commit identifier. The hash is based on the current time, the author, the parent commit ID, and some other information.
The commit hash is generated by Git automatically. We get a ...