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[–] gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 11 months ago (9 children)

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

[–] xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

I don't understand linked lists

[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 20 points 11 months ago (4 children)

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 (1 children)

I don't understand what a soyjak is.

[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)
[–] sheepishly@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

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