GitHub Made Crystal Clear · chapter 1: The GitHub moment
The split
2026-08-27
Everything on the left is git and belongs to you. Everything on the right is GitHub and belongs to a service you sign in to. Push and pull are the only bridge.
Below: the paragraph from the book that builds this idea, then the diagram itself (Figure 1.1), and a recap. About a minute of reading.
Figure 1.1 puts the two halves side by side. The left panel is everything that lives on your machine and needs nothing else. The right panel is everything that only exists because a company runs a service. The two arrows in the middle are the only places they touch.
Recap
- The idea: Everything on the left is git and belongs to you.
- The picture: Figure 1.1, from chapter 1 ("The GitHub moment") of GitHub Made Crystal Clear.
- Go deeper: the chapter builds this step by step, with recipes and sources at the end.
This diagram is one of many in GitHub Made Crystal Clear.
Every chapter opens with the gist, draws the hard ideas, and ends with recipes and sources.
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