diff -r 78e54b9f3a62 -r d3b995dd4eab mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py	Sun Jul 12 00:46:43 2009 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py	Mon Jul 13 20:19:17 2009 +0200
@@ -473,9 +473,8 @@
                 latest = newnodes.pop()
                 if latest not in bheads:
                     continue
-                reachable = set()
-                for bh in bheads:
-                    reachable |= self.changelog.reachable(latest, bh)
+                minbhrev = self[min([self[bh].rev() for bh in bheads])].node()
+                reachable = self.changelog.reachable(latest, minbhrev)
                 bheads = [b for b in bheads if b not in reachable]
                 newbheads.insert(0, latest)
             bheads.extend(newbheads)