[hyyypr]

Well, I'm perfectly happy with [1]fugitive thank you :)

Joke aside, why is magit magic?

1: https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive

[tarsius]

I tried to explain that in abstract terms at https://emacsair.me/2017/09/01/the-magical-git-interface/#st.... That also links to other, less abstract, introductions.