• Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 days ago

    Yep, the metaphor would be good if git was a tree but kt isn’t. It’s very rare to have a real tree branch merge back into the trunk. Would it even still be called a branch after merging?

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      22 hours ago

      It’s very rare to have a real tree branch merge back into the trunk.

      Not rare, but uncommon. Not sure if there’s a Lemmy equivalent but r/treessuckingonthings shows trunks absorbing all sorts of things including branches

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        12 hours ago

        Yes, this is why I chose not to say that it was impossible.

        Perhaps the mathematical definition of a tree is wrong in stating there should be not loops, or should change to another metaphor.

        Hairs can split but never merges back again. Perhaps a split hair instead of a branch? We still trim or prune the leaves ends. What do you call the “trunk” of a hair?

        Edit: formatting

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      1 day ago

      If it’s not a tree, why call it a branch? Maybe branch doesn’t make any sense either. Maybe none of this makes any sense! Oh my God, what are we even doing here?!?! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!