named branches are really confusing

[Peter Arrenbrecht]

On Dec 21, 2007 9:43 PM, Matt Mackall <mpm at selenic.com> wrote:
> The surprise is perhaps that the branch checked out by default is, well,
> "default".

Matt, how is this an argument against checking out the active branch
of the cloned repo? Seems more natural to me, too. It maybe not be
feasible or desirable for some reason, but then please say so.
-peter