I'm a vote in the got sucks camp, its not universally respected amongst the programmers I know we just put up with it because its dominant.
I always preferred mercurial but that fight is largely lost, I could use a mercurial -> whatever bridge but I'd still need to know git for when things break.
I want to thank you for posting. I know that the groupthink around Git, especially on forums like this one, is so powerful that by even mentioning that Git has flaws and isn't some kind of angelic perfect software from heaven runs the risk of having a billion down votes.
People get silly when it comes to tools they've invested time in, lots of people don't like to think they made the wrong choice and will defend it often to the extreme, I don't get invested in tools I use what works for me and switch when it seems reasonable.
Well like I said above, I look at it as a "condition of employment" piece of software. Nobody would us Lotus Notes for email if they had their own choice in the matter. Nobody would use OracleApps for time keeping if they had their own choice in the matter. No, you have to use it to be employed.
Unfortunately, software in that particular niche has to be really good or it'll engender a lot of hate. If you're Skype, people generally don't mind because Skype is relatively easy and pleasant to use. If you're Git, people are going to hate you.
I always preferred mercurial but that fight is largely lost, I could use a mercurial -> whatever bridge but I'd still need to know git for when things break.
Git's ui is simply horrible in my opinion.