With `hg commit --interactive` and `hg amend --interactive`, I really don't see what's the difference between a temporary commit that you keep adding stuff to a

With `hg commit --interactive` and `hg amend --interactive`, I really don't see what's the difference between a temporary commit that you keep adding stuff to and a staging area. It's all just diffs and hunks. Whether it's finalised or not is just a matter of perspective. Mercurial encodes this perspective by distinguishing draft from published commits.