The author suggests aliases and while I use aliases daily, I don't believe that will solve the problem he references. I think providing a better mental model fo

The author suggests aliases and while I use aliases daily, I don't believe that will solve the problem he references. I think providing a better mental model for what exactly git is doing through visual metaphors is the biggest help to those learning git. I've found something as simple as the chart here to help explain the concepts of adding and staging http://gitready.com/beginner/2009/01/18/the-staging-area.html http://gitready.com/beginner/2009/01/18/the-staging-area.htm...