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[-] gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 11 months ago

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

[-] xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't understand linked lists

[-] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 20 points 11 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@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I don't understand what a soyjak is.

[-] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
[-] sheepishly@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

I still don't understand Git but I like this image

[-] gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 11 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.

[-] Denvil@lemmy.one 4 points 11 months ago
[-] philm@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

Almost... To be precise it's a Merkle DAG

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