Good points. Also, git (not Perl though) was designed by a genius for himself (and a few other geniuses). All of whom don't know how much of a genius they are

Good points. Also, git (not Perl though) was designed by a genius for himself (and a few other geniuses). All of whom don't know how much of a genius they are / don't comprehend how comparatively dumb the rest of us are. So, the git ui assumes you either "wrote git" or "have read the source and are smart enough to understand all it's implications".