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 pyflakes
Copied from Mercurial core (60ee2593a270)
$ cd "`dirname "$TESTDIR"`"
run pyflakes on all tracked files ending in .py or without a file ending
(skipping binary file random-seed)
$ hg locate 'set:(**.py or grep("^#!.*python")) - removed()' 2>/dev/null \
> | xargs pyflakes 2>/dev/null