This is completely unnecessary. I've been able to fix every mistake I've seen in the last 5 years with variations of git diff, git branch, git merge, git reset

This is completely unnecessary. I've been able to fix every mistake I've seen in the last 5 years with variations of git diff, git branch, git merge, git reset and git rebase and their options, and I've seen some horrific doozies from newbs and pros.