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while following this tutorial I found a command 

#!/bin/sh
git --work-tree=/var/www/domain.com --git-dir=/var/repo/site.git checkout -f

I don't understand the meaning of #!/bin/sh. I tried to search it but google removes the ! symbol from search results.

What does #!/bin/sh mean here? Please help.

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  • http://askubuntu.com/questions/141928/what-is-difference-between-bin-sh-and-bin-bash – Tim Biegeleisen Mar 23 '17 at 09:30
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    It is a convention specifying which shell program should interpret the rest of the file. – Lasse V. Karlsen Mar 23 '17 at 09:30
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#! specifies the program with which the script should be executed if you not explicitly call it which any

in your case, if you call your script with: <scriptname.sh> Linux will execute it as /bin/sh <scriptname.sh>

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