I just watched the GitHub training videos at http://youtube.com/playlist/... and I am at the same basic comprehension level as I was when I started. Cannot keep track of all the switches, options, and commands and when it's best to use them! GAH!

Oh, welcome to git! You just found the main reason why some developers do not do versioning: because its too fucking complicated.

I find that most of the time I don't need most it. I just remember the basic commands and whenever I need something else I look it up.

Watch from udacity...

I recommend the book Pro GIT (available online for free). It explains the background of these commands so that they actually make sense for you.

Alternatively, use a GUI (eg. Source Tree), makes learning much easier.

Thanks all for the advice. Even more maddening is that between 2002 and 2008 it was my freaking job to manage CVS and SVN repositories for 20 websites with 100,000+ URLs and train my dev team to use them. I used to DO this stuff. When/why did it all become so incomprehensible? I feel like I'm in "Flowers for Algernon" territory here. LOL