scmutil: add function to help handling workingctx in arithmetic operation
It's unfortunate that workingctx revision is None, which doesn't work well in
arithmetic operation or comparison. This function is trivial but will be used
in several places.
Issue1678: IndexError when pushing
setting up base repo
$ hg init a
$ cd a
$ touch a
$ hg ci -Am a
adding a
$ cd ..
cloning base repo
$ hg clone a b
updating to branch default
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ cd b
setting up cset to push
$ hg up null
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ touch a
different msg so we get a clog new entry
$ hg ci -Am b
adding a
created new head
pushing
$ hg push -f ../a
pushing to ../a
searching for changes
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 1 changesets with 0 changes to 0 files (+1 heads)
$ cd ..