I think we're mostly in violent agreement that there's a pretty steep learning curve. That is also true for some other tools. I'm questioning the link between s

I think we're mostly in violent agreement that there's a pretty steep learning curve. That is also true for some other tools. I'm questioning the link between steep curve and powerful; it is true that many powerful tools have steep learning curves; but one can easily think of tools that have steep learning curves but are not powerful. So, the question is: is git's CLI just weird, or does it need to be weird in order to be successful as an SCM? (I think it's the former.)