I wonder if that's actually true. Nothing is stopping you or anyone else from releasing an entirely compatible new set of porcelain commands, and yet nobody has

I wonder if that's actually true. Nothing is stopping you or anyone else from releasing an entirely compatible new set of porcelain commands, and yet nobody has done so and gotten any traction. Also what do you mean by intuitive? Intuitive to someone who is trying to keep using CVS but with git, or intuitive to someone who actually understands the Git data model? Since it sounds like you're in the latter group, what would your ideal porcelain look like?