• aport@programming.dev
    101·
    2 years ago

    Each commit includes the diff and metadata (like parent commits).

    Commits don’t store diffs, so you’re wrong from the start here.

    Hence why people say “git is hard”

    • homoludens@feddit.de
      4·
      2 years ago

      Yeah, you’re right, technically it’s not a “diff”, it’s the changed files.

      I don’t think this technical detail has any consequences for the general mental model of Git though - as evidenced by the fact that I have been using Git for years without knowing this detail, and without any problems.

      • gedhrel@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 years ago

        It’s all the files. Content-addreasable storage means that they might not take up any more space. Smart checkout means they might not require disk operations. But it’s the whole tree.