--- a/mercurial/cext/parsers.c	Fri Jul 16 17:32:40 2021 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/cext/parsers.c	Fri Jul 16 18:12:27 2021 +0200
@@ -277,6 +277,102 @@
 	return (PyObject *)t;
 };
 
+/* constructor to help legacy API to build a new "added" item
+
+Should eventually be removed */
+static PyObject *dirstate_item_new_added(PyTypeObject *subtype)
+{
+	dirstateItemObject *t;
+	t = (dirstateItemObject *)subtype->tp_alloc(subtype, 1);
+	if (!t) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	t->state = 'a';
+	t->mode = 0;
+	t->size = dirstate_v1_nonnormal;
+	t->mtime = ambiguous_time;
+	return (PyObject *)t;
+};
+
+/* constructor to help legacy API to build a new "merged" item
+
+Should eventually be removed */
+static PyObject *dirstate_item_new_merged(PyTypeObject *subtype)
+{
+	dirstateItemObject *t;
+	t = (dirstateItemObject *)subtype->tp_alloc(subtype, 1);
+	if (!t) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	t->state = 'm';
+	t->mode = 0;
+	t->size = dirstate_v1_from_p2;
+	t->mtime = ambiguous_time;
+	return (PyObject *)t;
+};
+
+/* constructor to help legacy API to build a new "from_p2" item
+
+Should eventually be removed */
+static PyObject *dirstate_item_new_from_p2(PyTypeObject *subtype)
+{
+	/* We do all the initialization here and not a tp_init function because
+	 * dirstate_item is immutable. */
+	dirstateItemObject *t;
+	t = (dirstateItemObject *)subtype->tp_alloc(subtype, 1);
+	if (!t) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	t->state = 'n';
+	t->mode = 0;
+	t->size = dirstate_v1_from_p2;
+	t->mtime = ambiguous_time;
+	return (PyObject *)t;
+};
+
+/* constructor to help legacy API to build a new "possibly" item
+
+Should eventually be removed */
+static PyObject *dirstate_item_new_possibly_dirty(PyTypeObject *subtype)
+{
+	/* We do all the initialization here and not a tp_init function because
+	 * dirstate_item is immutable. */
+	dirstateItemObject *t;
+	t = (dirstateItemObject *)subtype->tp_alloc(subtype, 1);
+	if (!t) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	t->state = 'n';
+	t->mode = 0;
+	t->size = dirstate_v1_nonnormal;
+	t->mtime = ambiguous_time;
+	return (PyObject *)t;
+};
+
+/* constructor to help legacy API to build a new "normal" item
+
+Should eventually be removed */
+static PyObject *dirstate_item_new_normal(PyTypeObject *subtype, PyObject *args)
+{
+	/* We do all the initialization here and not a tp_init function because
+	 * dirstate_item is immutable. */
+	dirstateItemObject *t;
+	int size, mode, mtime;
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "iii", &mode, &size, &mtime)) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	t = (dirstateItemObject *)subtype->tp_alloc(subtype, 1);
+	if (!t) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	t->state = 'n';
+	t->mode = mode;
+	t->size = size;
+	t->mtime = mtime;
+	return (PyObject *)t;
+};
+
 /* This means the next status call will have to actually check its content
    to make sure it is correct. */
 static PyObject *dirstate_item_set_possibly_dirty(dirstateItemObject *self)
@@ -313,6 +409,21 @@
      "True if the stored mtime would be ambiguous with the current time"},
     {"from_v1_data", (PyCFunction)dirstate_item_from_v1_meth,
      METH_VARARGS | METH_CLASS, "build a new DirstateItem object from V1 data"},
+    {"new_added", (PyCFunction)dirstate_item_new_added,
+     METH_NOARGS | METH_CLASS,
+     "constructor to help legacy API to build a new \"added\" item"},
+    {"new_merged", (PyCFunction)dirstate_item_new_merged,
+     METH_NOARGS | METH_CLASS,
+     "constructor to help legacy API to build a new \"merged\" item"},
+    {"new_from_p2", (PyCFunction)dirstate_item_new_from_p2,
+     METH_NOARGS | METH_CLASS,
+     "constructor to help legacy API to build a new \"from_p2\" item"},
+    {"new_possibly_dirty", (PyCFunction)dirstate_item_new_possibly_dirty,
+     METH_NOARGS | METH_CLASS,
+     "constructor to help legacy API to build a new \"possibly_dirty\" item"},
+    {"new_normal", (PyCFunction)dirstate_item_new_normal,
+     METH_VARARGS | METH_CLASS,
+     "constructor to help legacy API to build a new \"normal\" item"},
     {"set_possibly_dirty", (PyCFunction)dirstate_item_set_possibly_dirty,
      METH_NOARGS, "mark a file as \"possibly dirty\""},
     {"set_untracked", (PyCFunction)dirstate_item_set_untracked, METH_NOARGS,