Change branches to sort 'active' branches first, and add an option to show only active branches.
#!/bin/sh
hg init
echo a > a
hg commit -A -ma
echo a >> a
hg commit -mb
echo a >> a
hg commit -mc
hg up 1
echo a >> a
hg commit -md
hg up 1
echo a >> a
hg commit -me
hg up 1
echo % should fail because not at a head
hg merge
hg up
echo % should fail because \> 2 heads
hg merge
echo % should succeed
hg merge 2
hg commit -mm1
echo % should succeed - 2 heads
hg merge
hg commit -mm2
echo % should fail because 1 head
hg merge
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