topic: provide more information when behind count cannot be computed
The behind count has been confusing for various user and the associated error
message is even worth. We try to clarify it to see if that helps.
#require test-repo
$ checkflake8() {
> if ! (which flake8 > /dev/null); then
> echo skipped: missing tool: flake8;
> exit 80;
> fi;
> };
$ checkflake8
Copied from Mercurial core (60ee2593a270)
$ cd "`dirname "$TESTDIR"`"
run flake8 if it exists; if it doesn't, then just skip
$ hg files -0 'set:(**.py or grep("^#!.*python")) - removed()' 2>/dev/null \
> | xargs -0 flake8