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

[Kevin Bullock]

On 11 Feb 2014, at 9:59 PM, Matt Mackall <mpm at selenic.com> wrote:

> 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

Not actually: http://hgbook.red-bean.com/read/managing-releases-and-branchy-development.html#id386031

> - bookmarks
> - revsets
> - history editing beyond MQ
> 
> ..but most of the book is still perfectly serviceable if you ignore its
> advice about branching.


...but the rest of this is true.

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