contents of the commit, you are guaranteed that the commit can never change
without its name also changing.
-In fact, in <<git-internals>> we shall see that everything stored in git
+In fact, in <<git-concepts>> we shall see that everything stored in git
history, including file data and directory contents, is stored in an object
with a name that is a hash of its contents.
options mentioned above.
-[[git-internals]]
-Git internals
-=============
+[[git-concepts]]
+Git concepts
+============
-Git depends on two fundamental abstractions: the "object database", and
-the "current directory cache" aka "index".
+Git is built on a small number of simple but powerful ideas. While it
+is possible to get things done without understanding them, you will find
+git much more intuitive if you do.
+
+We start with the most important, the <<def_object_database,object
+database>> and the <<def_index,index>>.
[[the-object-database]]
The Object Database