> My solution to every ounce of apprehension is deleting and re-cloning out of paralysis and fear. Having worked with older version control systems, I found th

> My solution to every ounce of apprehension is deleting and re-cloning out of paralysis and fear. Having worked with older version control systems, I found that to be one of the best things about git. If I had a problem with a version control system like AccuRev, that sort of simple fix was not possible. Your every action resulted in a change of the server state, so if you got your workspace into a confusing state, the confusion would be synced to every machine. These days I understand git well enough that I can fix just about any mistake, but the 'delete and start over' workflow was extremely valuable to me as a beginner. Knowing that there was a foolproof fallback of just deleting and recloning let me experiment without fear.