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Git Mental Model: Snapshots, HEAD, and References

This generated surface maps a learner-facing curriculum unit to its canonical source routes.

Curriculum surface​

  • Open learner-facing unit
  • Curriculum path: content/curriculum/foundations/pre-semester-launchpad/module-03-git-fundamentals/concepts/cluster-01-git-foundations/01-git-mental-model-primary.md
  • App: foundations
  • Semester: pre-semester-launchpad
  • Module: module-03-git-fundamentals
  • Unit kind: concept
  • Curation level: module_curated

Learning objectives​

  • Explain Git Mental Model: Snapshots, HEAD, and References in the language of the current curriculum, not just the source book.
  • Apply Git Mental Model: Snapshots, HEAD, and References to one concrete learner task or example inside this semester.
  • Use git-from-the-bottom-up, pro-git as a selective source of truth when the learner-facing explanation is not enough.

Prerequisites​

  • Comfort navigating files and editing text from Module 02.
  • A local repository or sandbox where mistakes are acceptable.

Source books​

  • git-from-the-bottom-up
  • pro-git

Source routes​

Git From The Bottom Up​

Pro Git​

Supporting curriculum routes​

No supporting curriculum routes linked yet.

External enrichment​

  • Pro Git: What is Git? (read_if_stuck) - Best reinforcement for the core snapshot/history model before learners memorize individual commands.
  • Git Documentation Reference (official_docs_companion) - Use when the next step is command accuracy rather than more conceptual explanation.

AI companion modes​

  • Explain simply
  • Socratic tutor
  • Quiz me
  • Challenge my understanding
  • Diagnose my confusion

Source-of-truth note​

This teaching unit is learner-facing guidance assembled from multiple canonical book routes. Use the listed source books as the primary conceptual spine for Git Mental Model: Snapshots, HEAD, and References, and treat outside material as supporting enrichment only.