In theory, you can use git's branching model, but in practice, it is preetty horrible in my experience (I have only one year experience with hg, though). The t

In theory, you can use git's branching model, but in practice, it is preetty horrible in my experience (I have only one year experience with hg, though). The tip thing mentioned by Armin is a big UI wart when using "intree" branches, by which I mean any branching scheme not based on cloning. It is also pretty difficult to name branches in the various commands - as far as I know, you cannot easily diff between two names branches, for example. Nevertheless, I miss index much more than git's branching when using hg at work.