diff --git a/mercurial/branchmap.py b/mercurial/branchmap.py
--- a/mercurial/branchmap.py
+++ b/mercurial/branchmap.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
 # This create and ordering used for branchmap purpose.
 # the ordering may be partial
 subsettable = {None: 'visible',
+               'visible-hidden': 'visible',
                'visible': 'served',
                'served': 'immutable',
                'immutable': 'base'}
diff --git a/mercurial/repoview.py b/mercurial/repoview.py
--- a/mercurial/repoview.py
+++ b/mercurial/repoview.py
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
 # Otherwise your filter will have to recompute all its branches cache
 # from scratch (very slow).
 filtertable = {'visible': computehidden,
+               'visible-hidden': computehidden,
                'served': computeunserved,
                'immutable':  computemutable,
                'base':  computeimpactable}