Nothing is impossible, it works like you described. In very simple terms, following Git philosophy rewriting history is a feature, according to HG it's a bug (t

Nothing is impossible, it works like you described. In very simple terms, following Git philosophy rewriting history is a feature, according to HG it's a bug (technically, it is somehow possible AFAIK, but not sure if it's used around for anything except critical fix scenarios). It's just that. Hence the term 'branch' in HG refers to something permanent and 'bookmarks' provide the lightweight functionality. At its roots they have a different approach to managing history (back when I used HG more I didn't understand all the noise around rewriting Git history, obsession with keeping it clean and linear, etc.).