Hi, As someone who worked with many version control systems, git does require a little more work than say SVN but it not excessive and it does have quite significant benefits.
It does take a while to get use to but we've all been there. BTW not the only person with this opinion (and there's lot more out there), for your amusement/edification: http://steveko.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/10-things-i-hate-about-git/ http://scottchacon.com/2011/08/31/github-flow.html (works at github) Justin