Not sure who "many people" are, but no one in this thread is claiming that git is unworkable, only that it is confusing. A collaboration tool like git is highly

Not sure who "many people" are, but no one in this thread is claiming that git is unworkable, only that it is confusing. A collaboration tool like git is highly subject to network effects. The usability delta between git and a given alternative must be very, very high before people will leave git for the alternative. Ergo, git can be both awful and "good enough" to have a majority market share (although I don't think anyone is even saying git is awful in this thread).