> the git commands map so cleanly to the states I disagree. "checkout" does literally 2 unrelated things, one of them destructive with no safety checks. "reset

> the git commands map so cleanly to the states I disagree. "checkout" does literally 2 unrelated things, one of them destructive with no safety checks. "reset" kind of moves HEAD around, but does a bunch of other stuff in the process. "Rebase" has a lot of magical (albeit useful) behavior involved in determining what exactly gets rebased. Etc. > there are so many terrible GUI interfaces that try and coddle the developer, really hiding the intent I agree. The CLI is confusing and occasionally obfuscates the data model, so adding yet another confusing obfuscating layer isn't going to really help. That said, a really good GUI that doesn't try to hide what's going on, would be a useful learning aid.