I hate using git too! But I admit it does have the property of working well, even though it's a giant pain in the ass.
It has the property of working well. But it requires you to learn its inner workings first. If you achieve some agree of inner understanding it becomes (one of) the best CVS you have ever used.
My favorite:
Master Git snapped his fingers. A hobgoblin entered the room and ate the novice alive. In the afterlife, the novice was enlightened.
These are too easy to understand to be koans.
I really like Steve Losh. He is a programmer, but has this artsy thing going on.