Using named branches (`hg branch`) for feature branches isn't recommended.

[John D. Mitchell]

On Jul 5, 2011, at 12:33 , Peter Bourgon wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:28 PM, John D. Mitchell <jdmitchell at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Um, what's wrong with full clones?
> 
> Violates #2.

Depends on if you mean "central repo" == one single repo for everybody or "central repo" == a repo per developer / feature.

I think a lot of people continue to impose the old, one repo for everybody silliness even when using a dvcs due to habit rather than particularly deliberate, good reasons.

Cheers,
John