&gt; hg clone . ..&#x2F;CloneForCoworkerInvestigation<p>This is way, way better than CVS.  Some people complain about how this doesn&#x27;t work in place, like git or shelve, but I prefer I don&#x27;t have to change anything in my main repo, like regenerate IDE files, dependency caches etc.<p>In any event, I&#x27;ve always like how this worked.