Git also sucks when someone in your team drags their feet and doesn't use it properly. And when your team is mostly made of non pure comp. science background who have learnt SQL on the job, trying to get them to stick to git is really difficult. There almost needs to be something in between that satisfies this kind of intermediate technical ability and interest.
I think Atlassian could come up with something suitable.
Not sure why you think using git has anything to do with having studied computer science at university or learning SQL on the job.
I studied theoretical physics and learnt SQL for a job (as I'm sure most do) but have no issue with git. In any case, you have to learn how git works to use it effectively. That doesn't come by magic when doing comp sci, as far as I know.
I think Atlassian could come up with something suitable.