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Do we think of git commits as diffs, snapshots, and/or histories? (jvns.ca)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Depends on context.

Most of the interfacing is change based. But calling that diff is misleading.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

But calling that doff is misleading.

Git actually uses diffs behind the scenes a lot - 3-way diffs/merges to be more accurate. Merging, rebasing, cherry picking and even reverting are all 3-way diff-merges.