Git is a cli software. If you find yourself repeating a set of commands, what you should do is abstract it using an alias or a script. And you will have you own nice interface.
git-log --graph --reflog
git-commit --amend
git-cherry-pick
With the above in order, I found I could subset the git state model:
* temporary branches rather than the "stash"
* commit tentative work to HEAD; amend, discard or set aside in a temporary branches rather than as later discoveries require
* side-step the index/cache/staging_area for most operations -- transfer directly between work tree and HEAD commit
Git has its model for version control and it's something that most tutorials don't explain. The CLI is giving you maximum control over this model. For daily operations, it's quite easy to wrap it in a much amenable interface.