I don't use git, I use bazaar - but yes, I often work like that. Why? Sometimes my headspace fits one class of problem better than another, other times I might

I don't use git, I use bazaar - but yes, I often work like that. Why? Sometimes my headspace fits one class of problem better than another, other times I might want to push a largish patch early to another team member, sometimes you want to break a lot of stuff as is often the case with exploratory programming. Short lived branches can be very handy.