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operations diagram: store' to the right

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this also looks more diverse, hopefully easier to distinguish

Co-authored-by: John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems>
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@ -26,14 +26,20 @@ A Nix store can *add*, *retrieve*, and *delete* store objects.
[ data ] [ data ]
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[ store ] ---> add ----> [ store' ], [ reference ] [ store ] ---> add ----> [ store' ]
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[ reference ]
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[ reference ] [ reference ]
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[ store ] ---> get ----> [ store object ] [ store ] ---> get
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[ store object ]
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@ -49,7 +55,12 @@ It can *perform builds*, that is, create new store objects by transforming build
[ reference ] [ reference ]
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[ store ] --> build --(maybe)--> [ store' ], [ reference' ] [ store ] --> build
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(maybe) --> [ store' ]
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[ reference ]
As it keeps track of references, it can [garbage-collect][garbage-collection] unused store objects. As it keeps track of references, it can [garbage-collect][garbage-collection] unused store objects.