It strikes me as bizarre that something as old and as important as git is to the general version control problem, doesn't have a beautiful, complete and helpful user interface.

With the status quo how it is, I definitely love articles like this because every time I use git I get a kind of anxiety that fades only in proportion to the depth with which I understand actual git mechanics.

The thing I find strange is that when I interact with databases that have beautiful, helpful user interfaces, I have almost none of this anxiety, and just kind of accept "black box that handles things", and move on with my life.

I figure I must not be alone in this psychological niche. Which again, makes it bizarre that the problem of giving git a beautiful, complete, helpful front end has not been solved.