i think there's something people find confusing about commits in git but I haven't worked out what it is yet
it feels related to the fact that commits in git are used in 3 different ways:
- a diff from the previous commit (git show COMMIT)
- a snapshot of the current state (git checkout COMMIT)
- a history of every previous commit (git log COMMIT)
but it seems like there's more to it than that
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2023-12-11 17:32:05
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