The peel is thicker and attached firmly to the root, so cutting off the root end first will save a lot of time and effort peeling garlic.
you can avoid stripping the peel into tiny sticky pieces or digging grooves into the clove while you gouge or scrape off the peel from the top or side.
this is another lifehack I would have appreciated learning years earlier.
If I have a lot of garlic I’ll do that or one of those silicone tube garlic peelers, but if it’s just a few cloves it’s usually not worth the effort for me.