--- a/mercurial/match.py	Thu Dec 30 23:36:50 2010 -0600
+++ b/mercurial/match.py	Thu Dec 23 15:12:24 2010 -0600
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@
     actual pattern."""
     if ':' in pat:
         kind, val = pat.split(':', 1)
-        if kind in ('re', 'glob', 'path', 'relglob', 'relpath', 'relre'):
+        if kind in ('re', 'glob', 'path', 'relglob', 'relpath', 'relre',
+                    'listfile', 'listfile0'):
             return kind, val
     return default, pat
 
@@ -270,6 +271,15 @@
             name = util.canonpath(root, cwd, name, auditor)
         elif kind in ('relglob', 'path'):
             name = util.normpath(name)
+        elif kind in ('listfile', 'listfile0'):
+            delimiter = kind == 'listfile0' and '\0' or '\n'
+            try:
+                files = open(name, 'r').read().split(delimiter)
+                files = [f for f in files if f]
+            except EnvironmentError:
+                raise util.Abort(_("unable to read file list (%s)") % name)
+            pats += _normalize(files, default, root, cwd, auditor)
+            continue
 
         pats.append((kind, name))
     return pats