[Izkata]

Meanwhile the biggest issues I actually see in novices are when their IDE presents them with buttons that don't coincide with a single version control action (can you guess what "sync repo" will do?) and using those puts their checkout into a weird state.

Usually when using the commands directly they're more careful, but have the mindset "an IDE wouldn't intentionally break something so this button must be safe to click".

[Groxx]

Custom terms on top of git is a bafflingly bad decision.

IDEs in particular should expose the details all the time, and show the command that's being run, so it can teach people passively instead of misleading them and leaving them stuck when it breaks.