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Do we think of git commits as diffs, snapshots, and/or histories? (jvns.ca)

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[–] jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Who we?

I think of them as snapshots organized in a directed acyclic graph (DAG).

Diff is only a viewing option, or an optional compression implementation detail in packed history files.

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[–] technom@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

Diff is only a viewing option

It isn't. Git uses 3-way diff/merge algorithm quite liberally behind the scenes.

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