I also found the paper to be very biased. I use the staging area all the time and like it a lot. Also, I really enjoy git's practical approach. It seems the au

I also found the paper to be very biased. I use the staging area all the time and like it a lot. Also, I really enjoy git's practical approach. It seems the authors would find hg to be much more enjoyable. It has a stricter approach ("this is how you should do it, because conceptually this is what things should be"), which some people like.