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Git pull vs. git fetch: What's the difference?

Git pull is a Git command that performs both git fetch and git merge simultaneously. This article outlines the characteristics and appropriate uses of each.

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What’s new in Git 2.46.0?

Here are highlights of release contributions from GitLab's Git team and the wider Git community, including reference backend migration tooling and transactional symbolic reference updates.

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Kubernetes: Get to know the container orchestration solution

Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is a must-have solution for deploying and maintaining applications, especially in the cloud. Learn the basics of Kubernetes with this introductory guide.

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A CI/CD component builder's journey

Learn how a creator of shared, includable templates upskilled by migrating the templates to GitLab CI/CD components and the CI/CD Catalog.

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A beginner's guide to the Git reftable format

In Git 2.45.0, GitLab upstreamed the reftable backend to Git, which completely changes how references are stored. Get an in-depth look at the inner workings of this new format.

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What’s new in Git 2.45.0?

Here are some highlights of contributions from GitLab's Git team and the wider Git community to the latest Git release, including reftables and better tooling for references.

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GitLab's contributions to Git 2.44.0

Find out the topics that GitLab’s Git team – as well as the wider community – contributed to the latest Git release, including fast scripted rebases via git-replay.

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Pair GitLab and The Good Docs Project template to improve release notes

Creating compelling, detailed, human-readable notes for software releases is important. Using GitLab and this template from The Good Docs Project makes it easier.

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The contributions we made to the Git 2.43 release

Git 2.43 included some improvements from GitLab's Git team. Here are some highlights from the work the team has done on Git and why it matters.

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