Developing straight to the central repository, or not

So far I've resisted having a central repository that I push/pull the changes from my local开发者_JS百科 repository to--I just develop straight to the central repository. I'm the only developer so there's nobody else to affect, plus the central repository is local so speed isn't an issue.

My local repository setup is quite complicated in itself, multiple clones with multiple named branches that I either pull or revert between for selective file sharing amongst many variations. Doing this extra step of pushing to a central repository could end up confusing me, plus it's another step in the workflow possibly not not needed.

This is my first time using a DVCS (Mercurial), and my first time developing solo with a VCS. I'm trying to get an idea if I might regret going down this path over developing in one repository and pushing to a central one.

Are their killer reasons for not doing what I'm doing?

The main killer reason for not doing what you're currently doing is that you already consider it as complex and that, whatever "central repository" you're talking about would bring confusion to you.

One of the big purpose of a VCS and that should guide your choice for one against the other is that it helps your development flow. As soon as your VCS start to be a global slow down, it's a sign that there is an issue, either with the choice of VCS, either with how you're using it.

I would suggest you to read questions and blog posts related to vendor branches as it seems that you'r trying to achieve such a thing with your local set of clones.