Yeah, that's the classic argument for wrapping a CLI with a GUI. The only problem is that with git, you can't design around the "weird things"...if the user is

Yeah, that's the classic argument for wrapping a CLI with a GUI. The only problem is that with git, you can't design around the "weird things"...if the user is in a weird state in version control, they need to know about it. In other words, it's the leaky abstraction problem. You can pretty up the UI, but ultimately, you have to communicate the concept to the user. It's how we got those "Can I copy The Internet?" questions in Windows 95....