> Github, I think, does a disservice by trying to present commits as a linear list - while certainly it's easier to code a linear visualization, it makes people feel like Git is impenetrable magic, when it's anything but.

I feel so alone every time I say this, so thanks.

If you give me half an hour (well, I suck at time estimates... a few hours, maybe) with someone, I can fix their thinking about this tool. But I don't have however many hours with the world.