> Why have so many people written long thoughtful explanations about how the author is wrong to suggest snapshots are a better mental model, and that you think

> Why have so many people written long thoughtful explanations about how the author is wrong to suggest snapshots are a better mental model, and that you think all abstractions are leaky, but you find diffs a better mental model? Once you remember (learn?) that a commit can have N parents, it becomes apparent that it cannot be a single diff.