[Python-Dev] Hg: inter-branch workflow

[Éric Araujo]

> FWIW, Mercurial's "mainline" is the branch with the name 'default'. This
> branch name is reserved, and it implies that the head with the highest
> revision number from that branch will be checked out on 'hg clone'.

This does not fully maps to Bazaar’s concept of mainline, though.

An aside for Bazaar users: Kindly stop referring to Mercurial
repositories as branches, it’s confusing.  Thank you.

Regards