> The correct way to think about snapshots and diffs when it comes to cherry-picking and rebasing is to realise that diffs are always derived from snapshots. I

> The correct way to think about snapshots and diffs when it comes to cherry-picking and rebasing is to realise that diffs are always derived from snapshots. Ironically, git snapshots are themselves derived from diffs. Creating a snapshot without diffs, would require making a full copy, which git most definitely does not do. So would you rather think of cherry-picking as diffs derived from snapshots which are derived from diffs? Or as simply diffs? I find the latter better as a mental model.