> He says “a lot of developers have not learned git IN DEPTH” and you respond by saying that’s not true because you’ve gotten away with just using a small subset

You forgot the “because it's actually kind of terrible from a UX standpoint”. My stance is against that. I haven’t learned git in depth because I never knew any other workflow than code and check in the changes. There’s not a lot of guides on how version control can help in the software development process.

It wasn’t until I got involved into OSS that I learned more which in turns give me the motivation to use and learn about git in depth. I’m also using magit (after a tour in various GUI) but for me it is to git what vi is to ex. Direct interaction instead of a command prompt.