All those extra steps have a purpose, all those extra steps can be glossed over if you don't care. git add is never needed if you always git commit -a if you

All those extra steps have a purpose, all those extra steps can be glossed over if you don't care. git add is never needed if you always git commit -a if you don't care what git fetch && git merge does, just use git pull The biggest problem with learning git is that all git experts love to talk about the advanced workflows, but all the beginners just want to be able to push and pull.