[kazinator]

> Git lets you do version control via full snapshots as opposed to just tracking diffs.

That's completely orthogonal to whether the version history is immutable with each branch being like singly linked list where we "cons" new things onto the front.

[misnome]

That’s the point; because sentences like

> the version history is immutable with each branch being like a singly linked list where we “cons” new things onto the front

Just contributes to the general confusion around git where people decide it’s too complicated to learn.

(Apologies if my sarcasm detector is just broken today)