I agree that git can be characterized as having some usability issues; I initially found the documentation obtuse in many places. My favorite git joke, by far:

I agree that git can be characterized as having some usability issues; I initially found the documentation obtuse in many places. My favorite git joke, by far: "git gets easier once you get the basic idea that branches are homeomorphic endofunctors mapping submanifolds of a Hilbert space." If you're having trouble understanding git but you find yourself comfortable with basic CS terms, you might want to check out Git for Computer Scientists [0]. This really helped put it in perspective for me. [0] http://eagain.net/articles/git-for-computer-scientists/ http://eagain.net/articles/git-for-computer-scientists/