> All this is possible because Mercurial stores the name of the branch in the changeset header Then, everyone who tells that Mercurial is 'distributed' is lyin

> All this is possible because Mercurial stores the name of the branch in the changeset header Then, everyone who tells that Mercurial is 'distributed' is lying. Not everyone uses the same VCS. Suppose developer A received the set of patches via e-mail and applied them to his branch. Developer B received the same e-mails and applied them to his own branch. If their local branch names are different, these branches are now diverged forever.