There is an argument to be made that many people dislike sed, awk and find because they are hard to use. Which is fine, because there are other alternatives, thats why the are not complaining.

git is a must-use for any software project that uses it. Removing (unnecessary) complexity from it would be a benefit to everyone in the team.

The question is what unnecessary is, I find the staging area one of the best features in git, especially as it allows reviewing before commit.