I have had the same experience as you. I used git for a couple of years and definitely had regular wtf moments. Switched to Mercurial and they just went away.

I have had the same experience as you. I used git for a couple of years and definitely had regular wtf moments. Switched to Mercurial and they just went away. The complexity and counter-intuitive (to me, at least) nature of git's model was a major barrier to entry. I still use git now and then because github is so popular, but for a small team on a moderate-sized project I really prefer Mercurial for its ease of use.