OK, then rebase and squash after making a bunch of commits. I can see why someone might like staging, but clearly it can be built on top of other git functions.

OK, then rebase and squash after making a bunch of commits. I can see why someone might like staging, but clearly it can be built on top of other git functions. So, sorry, staging being "fundamental complexity" sounds petty BS to me. You like it, and that's fine, but it's in no way fundamental. I've used git for a long, long time, tried staging a few times and have never reached for it again.