What other operations behave as if it's at its core diffs and not snapshots? merging, rebasing, committing... all operate on refs. You might think you're trans

What other operations behave as if it's at its core diffs and not snapshots? merging, rebasing, committing... all operate on refs. You might think you're transplanting changes (and you are), but the inputs are refs, and the outputs are refs. As you mentioned, refs are unambiguously snapshots.