Git from the inside out
> from inside outAs a physicist it always surprises me how thinking between physicist and programmers most of the time is kind of reversed. Most git tutorials seem like this to me (Mechanics analogy):   1. Slopes
   2. Springs and gears
   3. Horrendous contraptions
   4. Ropes and pulleys
   ...
   9. Newton I., II. and III.

These kind of "inside out" tutorials are natural for me and recently I taught git basics to my SO in a similar way. It worked out well (she is a physicist too). I don't want to generalize though, it's maybe rooted in the common ways of teaching programming and physics.