I like and use the index in git too, but I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss other models that might end up solving the same use cases in a different way... From

I like and use the index in git too, but I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss other models that might end up solving the same use cases in a different way... From the README, it looks like there's robust support for editing and splitting commits. So maybe in practice the flow is similar to using the index, with the added the added benefit that your work is backed via commits along the way, and the simplicity of not having the index as an extra concept. In general when exvaluating X from the perspective of Y, we will immediately see the thing's about Y we like that X lacks; it takes more time to see if perhaps in the fuller context of X those things are not necessary.