Exactly, and now imagine that somebody introduces a tool even better than Git. Normally that tool would have major adoption problems because it would have to dislodge the incumbent standard that everybody's familiar with, and that everybody can at least tolerate.

But if you aren't even issuing commands directly to Git, suddenly it starts to look like there is room for improvement without the pain of learning a new tool or a new paradigm. That's a bigger deal than I think most people appreciate.