My counter argument is “what is the right order?” And you’ll say “the way work gets done” (paraphrasing) but then I’ll say “that’s exactly how git came to be”.

My counter argument is “what is the right order?” And you’ll say “the way work gets done” (paraphrasing) but then I’ll say “that’s exactly how git came to be”. You are right that it gives you more options and more ways to footgun yourself but that mostly came after the fact. It does need a simplicity wrapper or some better defaults.