• Victoria
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    1811 months ago

    it’s just linked lists of commits (except when merging)

      • @[email protected]
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        2011 months ago

        In internet terms: It’s just a soyjak holding a box with data who is pointing at another soyjak holding a box with data who is pointing at another {insert N-3 of the same soyjaks} soyjak with a box with data without an arm to point with

        • ibk
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          511 months ago

          I don’t understand what a soyjak is.

              • Victoria
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                511 months ago

                each commit points to the one before. additionally a commit stores which lines in which files changed compared to the previous commit. a branch points to a particular commit.