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by tomesch1982 2356 days ago
The branching in hg is actually way better than with git. The reason you are confused is probably because you learned the wrong (git) way of branches.

If you want the wacky and unreliable git branching you can use hg bookmarks.

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For example: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36358265/when-does-git-r...

This page has been viewed 230 thousand (!!) times. Because git is so easy and elegant that it lies to you what branches exist on the remote.

It is not even funny any more how bad this is.