> esoteric parts of git makes little to no sense. E.g., rebasing

Gotta be honest, rebasing is not an "esoteric" part of git.

You would be doing yourself a service to read up on how git and its internals work. If you're a software developer, chances are high that your workplace, or a library your workplace uses will be managed via git and you'll have to use it. Might as well be ready for that, because if you put in just a little bit of effort to understand it, it becomes an easy tool to use.