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?

[–] aquovie@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 days 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!

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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