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title: GitHub glossary
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## Further reading

* [The Official Git Glossary](https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitglossary.html)
* [Git documentation](https://git-scm.com/doc)
* [Git command list](https://git-scm.com/docs)