--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tests/test_branches.py	Wed Mar 08 17:04:58 2023 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+from tests import common
+import hglib
+from hglib.util import b
+
+class test_branches(common.basetest):
+    def test_empty(self):
+        self.assertEquals(self.client.branches(), [])
+
+    def test_basic(self):
+        self.append('a', 'a')
+        rev0 = self.client.commit(b('first'), addremove=True)
+        self.client.branch(b('foo'))
+        self.append('a', 'a')
+        rev1 = self.client.commit(b('second'))
+        branches = self.client.branches()
+
+        expected = []
+        for r, n in (rev1, rev0):
+            r = self.client.log(r)[0]
+            expected.append((r.branch, int(r.rev), r.node[:12]))
+
+        self.assertEquals(branches, expected)
+
+    def test_active_closed(self):
+        pass