Is the book "Mercurial: The Definitive Guide" up to date?

[Matt Mackall]

On Tue, 2014-02-11 at 20:57 -0200, Alberto Ridolfi wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am a Mercurial user with basic knowledge. I want to study Mercurial
> deeper and eventually master it.
> 
> I'm thinking about studying the book "Mercurial: The Definitive Guide"
> by Bryan O'Sullivan, but that book was published in June 2009. Since
> almost 5 years have passed since the publishing of that book, and I
> also have the impression that Mercurial changed a lot in those years,
> do anyone knows if that book is a nice option for mastering Mercurial
> and becoming an expert in it in 2014?

It is quite old, but still serviceable.

Major things it's missing:

- named branches
- bookmarks
- revsets
- history editing beyond MQ

..but most of the book is still perfectly serviceable if you ignore its
advice about branching.

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