Oh, enough bashing Git! It is for developers by developers. However you can teach cli newbies Hg management, but there's no chance to do the same with git.
The OXO brand of kitchen utensils was designed for people with arthritis. It became a giant worldwide brand because people realized that utensils that felt good for people with arthritis also felt good for everyone else.
Not everything is a tradeoff. Sometimes we can just do better.