Test issue2761 $ hg init $ touch to-be-deleted $ hg add adding to-be-deleted $ hg ci -m first $ echo a > to-be-deleted $ hg ci -m second $ rm to-be-deleted $ hg diff -r 0 Same issue, different code path $ hg up -C 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ touch does-not-exist-in-1 $ hg add adding does-not-exist-in-1 $ hg ci -m third $ rm does-not-exist-in-1 $ hg diff -r 1