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description: Beyond Compare can reveal the blobs and hooks in your .git folder.
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# Peeking under the hood at how Git does its thing

Here is how to check out the structure of a Git archive by dragging it into Beyond Compare.   And then dragging one of your other Git archives. &#x20;

1. Drag the hidden `.git` folder of your project, drop it into Beyond Compare FolderCompare.
2. Double click various folders to expand and collapse them
3. Double click files to display them &#x20;
4. Now open the .git file for a different project in the other pane of BC



![A pair of .git directories](https://1446155253-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LXUX-uoaZJ8T4qyEc-x%2F-LY3tID8-Co3sAiB0Zbb%2F-LY3ypDQvd-QpXd6GK3f%2Fgit-tree%20in%20beyond%20compare.png?alt=media\&token=3ed721d8-cae8-4525-b363-742554f2cc3d)

What you have revealed is the gnarly nuts and bolts of your blobs et al.  Now go [here ](https://www.sbf5.com/~cduan/technical/git/git-1.shtml)where Charles Duan explains what we are looking at. Or watch Michael Schwern's [Tinkertoy Git](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ffBJ4sVUb4) video.
