--- a/mercurial/merge.py	Thu Jul 03 20:53:14 2008 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/merge.py	Tue Jul 01 17:59:31 2008 +0100
@@ -258,6 +258,17 @@
 
     return action
 
+def actioncmp(a1, a2):
+    m1 = a1[1]
+    m2 = a2[1]
+    if m1 == m2:
+        return cmp(a1, a2)
+    if m1 == 'r':
+        return -1
+    if m2 == 'r':
+        return 1
+    return cmp(a1, a2)
+
 def applyupdates(repo, action, wctx, mctx):
     "apply the merge action list to the working directory"
 
@@ -265,7 +276,7 @@
     ms = mergestate(repo)
     ms.reset(wctx.parents()[0].node())
     moves = []
-    action.sort()
+    action.sort(actioncmp)
 
     # prescan for merges
     for a in action: