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> It’s easy one of the most powerful, flexible,

Probably, yeah.

> and if you take the time to learn it, SIMPLE models for version control.

... And there it all falls apart. In practice, git requires a massive amount of learning to use competently, to the point that using something else just to avoid the learning curve is fairly reasonable.

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As someone who has learned the ins and outs of git, I struggle to think of a better model for revision control. I never have issues with it anymore, and it took maybe a day to learn how it works under the hood. There's a great article on git internals directly in the git manpages.

I forced myself to learn it as a junior dev. Was it tough? Sure. But my point is that if it's too daunting and frustrating—software development holds nothing but pain for you.

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