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What irks me about it is that they can't even agree on simple things like should it have one command e.g. checkout for multiple things, or should it be separated to multiple (switch, restore, checkout).
They can't agree are they making a tool for idiots or developers so they go from one end (reset) to another(restore).
So users end up with an entangled mess of a overlapping yet not fully covering commands.
Then comes the so-called "expert" saying:
Yet they don't ask themself why do new users think it has too steep learning curve, or an entry barrier.
So calling it "expert" tool is mockery by my standard. (If not obvious I agree with Mira Welner, git is critically overdue for good command clean-up before there can be talk about experts)
Maybe if newcomers had clear image of how git is supposed to work with clean easily explainable set of commands, larger percentage would stay on the wagon, just saying.
I felt they were pretty clear here. checkout is overloaded. switch and restore are the new, simpler ways. I switched (ha) myself and it was painless.
I also get the reluctance to deprecate or delete checkout because the whole world uses it