>the example you selected (git) is rarely the right thing to choose
It's clearly just an example, but whether it's a bad one or not is debatable. Git is used by most shops, and most people have challenges with it at one time or another. Further, it is IMO an excellent example of how choosing the right data structure for a problem can have a profound impact on the resulting application. You could do worse for broadening your knowledge of ComSci than by a deep study of Git.
It's clearly just an example, but whether it's a bad one or not is debatable. Git is used by most shops, and most people have challenges with it at one time or another. Further, it is IMO an excellent example of how choosing the right data structure for a problem can have a profound impact on the resulting application. You could do worse for broadening your knowledge of ComSci than by a deep study of Git.