What is so special in git ??

Introduction Tired of hearing about Git but have no clue what it is? Frustrated by tutorials throwing weird commands at you without explanation? https://media.giphy.com/media/W8zSq0vELdBhMAJdG3/giphy.gif?cid=790b7611axe5tek0kvoihdw0njra61mem2r84ivf2e...