Hg's branching isn't weak anymore. The functionality of git and hg have converged to the point now that it's more a matter of a decision around inteface and co

Hg's branching isn't weak anymore. The functionality of git and hg have converged to the point now that it's more a matter of a decision around inteface and community feel instead of features. This post nicely lays out the options current users of mercurial have: http://stevelosh.com/blog/entry/2009/8/30/a-guide-to-branching-in-mercurial/ http://stevelosh.com/blog/entry/2009/8/30/a-guide-to-branchi... I commonly use all of bookmarks, named branches, and anonymous branches to do in-place switching of my filesystem depending on what I'm working on. I also gave a presentation on Mercurial last month that goes into much more detail on mercurial pros/cons: http://www.slideshare.net/tednaleid/mercurial-dvcs-presentation-to-devjam-1142009-2426116 http://www.slideshare.net/tednaleid/mercurial-dvcs-presentat...