I am not convinced that git is easy... I believe it's very powerful if you put the time into learning it, but anything with 50,000 separate guides on the internet must be somewhat unintuitive, right?
The other stuff is there if you need it though.
When you're setting up for the first time:
git init
vim foo.txt
git add foo.txt
git commit -m "Add foo.txt to project to enhance synergy"
git checkout foo.txt
The fact that there are so many people trying to explain it in their own way is a good sign.
That being said, for GP's use, they can work solely from master, requiring only a few commands with little to no chance of difficulty.