> The worst part is the "easier" solutions are actually just footguns in disguise, as soon as they accidentally click the wrong thing and end up with a detached HEAD, a few commits ahead and behind the REMOTE, and halfway through a botched merge

Is graphic designer even going to be able to merge things in their files?

It seems that "overwrite my files by data in repository" "apply my changes with message" are all what is necessary? Or is it case of multiple nontechnical people editing files together and expecting to merge changes?