I've never found the inconsistencies in the API the major learning hurdle for git. If that's the case then it's really too bad since, as you mentioned, it could

I've never found the inconsistencies in the API the major learning hurdle for git. If that's the case then it's really too bad since, as you mentioned, it could have been avoided. For me the hurdle was not the API. That's what documentation is for. It makes learning it inefficient to always check the docs but that's about all.