--- title: Boost Your Programming Skills by Reading Git's Code description: Git is a free, open-source programming language. It was created in 1995. Git's code is written in the programming language Git. Read Git's Code to learn more... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/boost-your-programming-skills-by-reading-git-s-code-izt--iw3l twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Boost Your Programming Skills by Reading Git's Code | daily.dev og:description: Git is a free, open-source programming language. It was created in 1995. Git's code is written in the programming language Git. Read Git's Code to learn more... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/boost-your-programming-skills-by-reading-git-s-code-izt--iw3l og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iZT--iw3L.png og:image:alt: Boost Your Programming Skills by Reading Git's Code og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Boost Your Programming Skills by Reading Git's Code **[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · 15 min read · 15 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Git is a free, open-source programming language. It was created in 1995. Git's code is written in the programming language Git. Read Git's Code to learn more about Git's features. Read the Git code to learn how to use Git's built-in Git functions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#c](https://daily.dev/tags/c), [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#git](https://daily.dev/tags/git) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/boost-your-programming-skills-by-reading-git-s-code-izt--iw3l) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Boost Your Programming Skills by Reading Git's Code","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/boost-your-programming-skills-by-reading-git-s-code-izt--iw3l","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/boost-your-programming-skills-by-reading-git-s-code-izt--iw3l"},"datePublished":"2021-03-10T01:42:23.289Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T03:31:05.174Z","description":"Git is a free, open-source programming language. It was created in 1995. Git's code is written in the programming language Git. Read Git's Code to learn more...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/41fafa40486367364efbfacec96a0000","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/41fafa40486367364efbfacec96a0000","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"freeCodeCamp","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"freeCodeCamp","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1628412854/logos/freecodecamp","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/boost-your-programming-skills-by-reading-git-s-code-izt--iw3l","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":15},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"c,career,general-programming,git","timeRequired":"PT15M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"freeCodeCamp","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Boost Your Programming Skills by Reading Git's Code"}]} ```