This is because hg pushes all changesets by default. There are two workflows in hg that would get you what you want: hg push -b default Pushes only changeset

This is because hg pushes all changesets by default. There are two workflows in hg that would get you what you want: hg push -b default Pushes only changesets from the default branch. You can also do these with phases by marking your branch as private.