Store empty (default) branch in branch cache, too.
Operations on this branch don't work otherwise.
Reading branches.cache had to be adjusted to allow an empty label.
Adjusted reading of the cache tip for symmetry, no functional change here.
#!/bin/sh
echo "[extensions]" >> $HGRCPATH
echo "fetch=" >> $HGRCPATH
hg init a
echo a > a/a
hg --cwd a commit -d '1 0' -Ama
hg clone a b
hg clone a c
echo b > a/b
hg --cwd a commit -d '2 0' -Amb
hg --cwd a parents -q
echo % should pull one change
hg --cwd b fetch ../a
hg --cwd b parents -q
echo c > c/c
hg --cwd c commit -d '3 0' -Amc
hg --cwd c fetch -d '4 0' -m 'automated merge' ../a
ls c