[scottschulthess]

"Everything you just said is exactly why Git is not simple and can not be learned in 15 minutes. " haha agreed

"Just by operating from the command line you've already left the realm of "simple" in my opinion." It's all about the audience, people who are used to CLIs will find new CLIs that are similar to the ones they already know simple.

"I strongly, strongly disagree with your assertion that "for simple cases Git is really simple to use and to learn"

I've taught git to designers in 15 minutes and had them off and running for the next ~6 months. That said even after a few months of using it I still lack understanding of some of the core concepts.