I guess that for me the git man page does it's job as the quick summary for how that program works and git-scm.com/book is the training tool I rely on as a new

I guess that for me the git man page does it's job as the quick summary for how that program works and git-scm.com/book is the training tool I rely on as a new user. There is so much to learn that a man page cannot concisely cover, like how to structure a collaborative workflow in a distributed team. For that, turning to a well written book has been key. I'm definitely not suggesting that writing useful documentation is easy. I agree with you that it takes work to write documentation and training material that people can use. Not my intent for the prior post to be patronizing. Sorry it came across that way.