Comment by wudf

New to git as well as programming in general. This site has helped me somewhat, but I'm still confused about some basic concepts. Aren't the arrows all facing the wrong way? What happens to a commit after 'git reset' abandons it; can the commit be accessed ever again? What's the difference between reset and revert? How can merge and rebase be trusted? What are the best practices for how many branches a project should have and how & when should they be merged? And what are remote tracking branches? Since I only program alone so far, my friends tell me not to concern myself with these questions until I am forced to do so in a practical situation... but that doesn't satisfy me.