I don't get it. Why would you spend so much time on git? You can teach the core ideas in 2 hours, let them do some homework (4 hours?), and the rest they can fi

I don't get it. Why would you spend so much time on git? You can teach the core ideas in 2 hours, let them do some homework (4 hours?), and the rest they can figure out later. I don't see the value of understanding git in detail.