[trolor]

Potentially dumb question here, but couldn't 'dragging out the inevitable' be another way of phrasing 'the learning process'? It seems that immediately making a tool usable would be preferable to keeping it as a purely theoretical device until it's fully learned.

[erikb]

If you are this kind of person who is interested to learn, but has no problem with using stuff despite it being a little rough in the beginning, then yes you are more than welcome. In fact I would say that is how people learn. You cannot just read a book. You also need to use it.

But that is not how most beginners approach tools. For most people a tool should serve a purpose and do that immediately from the get go. And for them git is really painful in the beginning. And if they don't put in the learning effort it will still be that annoying a few years down the road.

That's what I meant. Thanks for letting us clarify that together.