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Why Git is hard (roadrunnertwice.dreamwidth.org)
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[–] sus@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

While I agree 100% with your main point,

"it’s a graph of commits” makes no sense to a layperson

You're probably putting your standards too low. Every coder should know what a graph is, the basic concept at least. If you can understand fizzbuzz you can understand graphs too.

the word “diff” makes no sense

diff is short for difference. And that basically explains it