Well, for one, Linus isn't the current maintainer of Git. It's currently Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, someone whose main responsibility in open source is

Well, for one, Linus isn't the current maintainer of Git. It's currently Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, someone whose main responsibility in open source is looking after git, who has the time and inclination to review your contributions thoughtfully. Have you ever actually read a git man page? Or do you just get all of your git knowledge from scattered blog posts and cheat sheets? No wonder people think git is hard. Read a random git man page right now and you'll find it quite pleasant to read and containing a plethora of useful information.