Awesome guide to mercurial branches
Uwe Schaefer 
Sunday, 22nd of November 2009 at 08:23:13 PMvia http://stevelosh.com/blog/entry/2009/8/30/a-guide-to-branching-in-mercurial/
it has
- Branching with Clones
- Branching with Bookmarks
- Branching with Named Branches
- Branching Anonymously
with a list of
- Advantages
- Disadvantages
- Comparison to git
each.
