It's super easy to avoid. You dont have to learn git's internal model to use it and it barely matters whether you use merge commits or rebase in 99% of code bas

It's super easy to avoid. You dont have to learn git's internal model to use it and it barely matters whether you use merge commits or rebase in 99% of code bases anyway. You might as well judge people on how well they know xkcd comics or VIM keystrokes.