I think tools like these are fantastic and I do not think that git "is easy" or anything like that. Lots of people do not need to understand the details of the

I think tools like these are fantastic and I do not think that git "is easy" or anything like that. Lots of people do not need to understand the details of the git model and should not have to use git directly. That said - if you are a senior on a project using git flow or something like it - you should treat understanding git as a concern of the first order. The commands are somewhat obtuse, but the tool is a pretty reasonable attempt to grapple with the underlying challenges of managing disparate work from different people going at different speeds. It is challenging to understand because it is fundamentally quite difficult. Don't under-rate the importance of this to your overall process! Learning git will help you understand the challenges of distributed development (and visa-versa) - they are real and not simply an artifact of bad UX.