Git - Objects (Database)

An object is a key value entry in the git database.

All data type in git are objects.

Git stores all file in its own file system.

The commit object ¹⁾ stores information about:

• who saved the snapshots,
• when they were saved,
• or why they were saved.

Git - Tag

The object identifier is a sha hash

You can have Git tell you the object type (tree or blob) with the -t option and its hash.

git cat-file -t 1f7a7a472abf3dd9643fd615f6da379c4acb3e3a

blob
# or 
commit