> I don’t think you can in good faith tell most people to rtfm this I can, and I do. The explanation in that book creates a strong coherent and simple mental

> I don’t think you can in good faith tell most people to rtfm this I can, and I do. The explanation in that book creates a strong coherent and simple mental model of git branching. I honestly can't think of a better explanation. Shorter? Maybe. But "graph with pointers" wouldn't explain it. So let's agree to disagree.