git was designed by and for people who read man pages. the fact that it has significant usability problems is a problem for them only in so far as they are inte

git was designed by and for people who read man pages. the fact that it has significant usability problems is a problem for them only in so far as they are interested in having you contribute code to them, which is to say very little. Github is the one who wants you to use git. This is why github built you a gui.