That's going a bit far. Git is heavily optimized for speed. If the implementation changed the UI could possibly stay the same but users would notice. Now, as

That's going a bit far. Git is heavily optimized for speed. If the implementation changed the UI could possibly stay the same but users would notice. Now, aside from that I think I generally agree with what you are saying. Git's UI, especially the way things are named, does feel very much tied to the implementation in ways that are a problem.