The introduction is spot on -- it's a bad idea to fall into the trap of thinking that your existing centralized version control knowledge will transfer smoothly

The introduction is spot on -- it's a bad idea to fall into the trap of thinking that your existing centralized version control knowledge will transfer smoothly to Git. My division recently switched from Subversion to Git for source control, and I was made the "Git expert" charged with answering people's questions on-site. I didn't anticipate how much confusion and frustration I would encounter during the switch. Git really is inherently more complex than centralized version control systems, and while it is my favorite, I would not recommend forcing a group of engineers to use Git unless you really need the features that it provides.