That's fundamentally the issue with git. It's underlying concept is good - probably still a tad bit more convoluted than it needs to be with the benefit of hind

That's fundamentally the issue with git. It's underlying concept is good - probably still a tad bit more convoluted than it needs to be with the benefit of hindsight, but that's fine. It's hard to design software. But it's overall user experience - the way you interact with it is horrific. It's is so incredibly convoluted. So much inessential complexity. Half of learning to use git is learning to look past the convoluted interface and see/understand the simpler concepts behind it. It's legitimately one of the largest divergences between simplicity of concepts and complexity of UX/interface of any serious tool I've ever worked with in my career. Again, it's huge service and absolutely a benefit - but also the amount of collective dev hours wasted on understanding git minutiae is way too high.