branches, bookmarks, new heads

[Sean Farley]

Uwe Brauer <oub at mat.ucm.es> writes:

> Hi
>
> The following
>
> hg init
> echo feature > new.el
> hg add new.el
> hg commit -m feature1
> hg branch feature
> echo feature >> new.el
> hg commit -m feature
>
> Generates a new head, while
>
>
> hg init
> echo feature > new.el
> hg add new.el
> hg commit -m feature1
> hg bookmark feature
> echo feature >> new.el
> hg commit -m feature
>
> Does not.
>
> When using a bookmark could a head  optionally be created?

This is a rather deep issue with design and philosophy inside Mercurial.
Currently, bookmarks point to commits. That's about it.

Personally, I think bookmarks-as-a-feature-branch should move inside
hg-git and core Mercurial should stick to one-branch-per-commit.