Similar to DiffIterateTest.DiffIterateDeterministic, systematically
cover the most common cases involving full-object discards. With this
in place, issue [1] can be reproduced by any of:
(preparatory) before snap3 is taken
(1) beginning of time -> HEAD
(2) snap1 -> HEAD
(5) beginning of time -> snap3
(6) snap1 -> snap3
Sub-object discards aren't covered here because of further issues
[2][3].