Git is really a toolkit for version control. Linus (or some other Git proponents?) distinguishes between "plumbing" and "porcelain": the infrastructure and the

Git is really a toolkit for version control. Linus (or some other Git proponents?) distinguishes between "plumbing" and "porcelain": the infrastructure and the UI. Linus wouldn't claim to be a brilliant designer of user interfaces. It's totally conceivable that somebody could come along and develop a new way of talking about Git's functionality, implemented by a new "porcelain". Changing the vocabulary, creating a more comprehensible map of the internal logic of the thing...