I think there may be a misunderstanding here. While the tool does something unorthodox locally, the output that it generates is plan Git trees that do represent a consistent snapshot.
It is the process of arriving at those snapshots (locally) that we feel we can make more ergonomic.
Disclaimer: I am a Co-founder
While the tool does something unorthodox locally, the output that it generates is plan Git trees that do represent a consistent snapshot.
Yes, they're snapshots of something, but they're not snapshots of states that you were ever in when developing or testing.
If you develop PRs A and B together then you have no idea if there's a hidden dependency between them, because you only ever tested (A+B). This is risky but manageable if they are actually related changes. Things get worse with the suggested workflow of "work on A, find bug, create B and submit bugfix, then go back to A".
And worse, you don't even have a clue which point in A matches up to which point in B. The history that you do generate ends up being effectively worthless.
Saying that you generate snapshots is like saying that RAM is just a linear array. Sure, you can read it, but the meaning is completely lost without context.
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I think there may be a misunderstanding here. While the tool does something unorthodox locally, the output that it generates is plan Git trees that do represent a consistent snapshot. It is the process of arriving at those snapshots (locally) that we feel we can make more ergonomic. Disclaimer: I am a Co-founder
Yes, they're snapshots of something, but they're not snapshots of states that you were ever in when developing or testing.
If you develop PRs A and B together then you have no idea if there's a hidden dependency between them, because you only ever tested (A+B). This is risky but manageable if they are actually related changes. Things get worse with the suggested workflow of "work on A, find bug, create B and submit bugfix, then go back to A".
And worse, you don't even have a clue which point in A matches up to which point in B. The history that you do generate ends up being effectively worthless.
Saying that you generate snapshots is like saying that RAM is just a linear array. Sure, you can read it, but the meaning is completely lost without context.