Indeed, I've come to the same conclusions myself. I'm the resident git expert at my job but, quite honestly, the only thing that separates me is that I've learnt git's internals. But I learnt it because I'm lazy and it's easier, not because I want to be the best or anything.

So many people say they "know" git, but then I watch them work and it's "git commit -a" all the time and "git clone" when something doesn't look right. It's really amazing how people refuse to learn this essential tool.