[chocolateboy]

This already exists. It's called EasyGit:

http://people.gnome.org/~newren/eg/

[hp]

Elijah has a nice detailed breakdown of the EasyGit UI rationale as well: http://people.gnome.org/~newren/eg/git-eg-differences.html

I've been using EasyGit for years, it's very good and addresses exactly the complaint made in this article. Plus it's a one-file script so it's simple to drop it onto whatever computer you're using.

[bryanlarsen]

Note that the bottom of the above link also links to several other git porcelains designed for ease of use.

[dfabulich]

It's criminal that more people don't know about/use EasyGit.