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Every explanation of git I have seen starts by explaining that git is cool because branches are just pointers and then talks about the index/staging area. If you don't understand that then you aren't going to be writing code worth committing anyway, are you? A software developer that doesn't understand reference semantics?

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> Every explanation of git I have seen starts by explaining that git is cool because branches are just pointers and then talks about the index/staging area.

Which is precisely _not_ a "just memorise these commands" approach to git right?

Also re: your general snark - try a bit more empathy? I'm sure you are an experienced dev but we are talking about people LEARNING git, they don't have the same points of reference as you do today.

I learnt git too. I was new to it too. It used whatever the information is that is on the official git website and had no problems. And that was back when its interface had quite a few rough edges that have been sanded down

Today there is "git switch" which people say is good for beginners. I have too much git checkout muscle memory.

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