I had similar problems learning git. Then I stumbled across this site: http://gitref.org/ http://gitref.org/ and it was like a light bulb clicked, and it just

I had similar problems learning git. Then I stumbled across this site: http://gitref.org/ http://gitref.org/ and it was like a light bulb clicked, and it just started to work. Not sure if it's because it was the best beginner reference I came across, or because I finally got enough information to push me over the edge. The more advanced stuff just comes as you use git more, and because once you grep the easy stuff, being able to understand bits and pieces of the man pages allows you to gradually learn more.