feature proposal: named branches without named branches

[Uwe Brauer]

Hi Arne,

   > Hi Uwe,

   > Here’s a simpler version:


   >  *  (master) (HEAD -> master)
   >  |\  
   >  | * (foo) (foo)
   >  | |   
   >  | * (foo~1)
   >  | |   
   >  * | (master~1)
   >  |/ 
   >  |  
   >  * (foo~2)

   > As you an see, the commit at the bottom is misattributed to foo, but it
   > was created on master.

Yes. I noted that you already added a comment to the blog I mention. I
am curious to see how the author will react.

   > This is not quite true :)

   > What you can do is using mutable hg. That gives you a way to rename
   > branches and others can simply follow up via `hg evolve`.


Thanks, that sounds interesting. 
   > That gives named branches the flexibility of bookmarks (but is still
   > experimental - though that’s been the state for years).

   > See https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/EvolveExtension

I will give that a try, I just scanned a bit the documentation, but at
first glance I don't see how to rename a branch easily.

Can you give me a hint (but I do not want to abuse you generosity :-D )

Uwe