For creating temporary local branches, have you tried the bookmarks and localbranch extensions? Also, I am be interested to learn more about your workflow and

For creating temporary local branches, have you tried the bookmarks and localbranch extensions? Also, I am be interested to learn more about your workflow and why it is so difficult to do in Mercurial. So far, the only feature I've seen in git that I've wanted in Mercurial is the ability to manage publicly named branches using the bookmarks extension, and by extension, an easy way to track named branches.