Took me many steps to finally internalize enough of git internals (still a tiny bit) to start losing fear and discomfort. I find it very similar to learning the semantic of dynamic languages (python: http://www.pythontutor.com/, js) where you need to see the data model evolving next to the main `pointers`. It looks obscure but it's not large. Small things aren't easy but not necessarily complex #hickeyism.

https://codewords.recurse.com/issues/two/git-from-the-inside...

ps: maybe it just fits my brain's inner working, I like to see every details before grasping the abstraction.