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DevOps PART 09

Git Merge: Fast-forward, Three-way Merge and the Merge Commit

We see with real output the difference between fast-forward and three-way merge, the role of the common ancestor (git merge-base), the inside of a two-parent merge commit, the --no-ff and --ff-only options, the ort strategy that has been the default since Git 2.34, and cleaning up branches after a merge.

6 Nov 2026 8 min 2

DevOps PART 08

Git Branch: A Movable Pointer, HEAD and git switch

We see with real output that a branch is a 41-byte file holding a single commit hash, how HEAD works, listing, renaming and deleting with git branch, moving around with git switch and switch -c, getting into and out of detached HEAD, and the old use of git checkout.

6 Nov 2026 9 min 2