Most people will not be using advanced functions though and if people generally understand how version control works, I don't think git is super hard to pick up

Most people will not be using advanced functions though and if people generally understand how version control works, I don't think git is super hard to pick up and learning whilst doing is most effective for me. I'm sure most people are probably aware of : http://try.github.io/ http://try.github.io/ which is a cool little resource for learning git.