diff -r 673f0fdc1046 -r 0298a07f64d9 mercurial/context.py
--- a/mercurial/context.py	Mon Nov 07 18:57:54 2016 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/context.py	Thu Nov 10 02:17:22 2016 -0800
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from .node import (
     bin,
     hex,
+    newnodeid,
     nullid,
     nullrev,
     short,
@@ -39,11 +40,6 @@
 
 propertycache = util.propertycache
 
-# Phony node value to stand-in for new files in some uses of
-# manifests. Manifests support 21-byte hashes for nodes which are
-# dirty in the working copy.
-_newnode = '!' * 21
-
 nonascii = re.compile(r'[^\x21-\x7f]').search
 
 class basectx(object):
@@ -142,7 +138,7 @@
                 removed.append(fn)
             elif flag1 != flag2:
                 modified.append(fn)
-            elif node2 != _newnode:
+            elif node2 != newnodeid:
                 # When comparing files between two commits, we save time by
                 # not comparing the file contents when the nodeids differ.
                 # Note that this means we incorrectly report a reverted change
@@ -1587,7 +1583,7 @@
         """
         mf = self._repo['.']._manifestmatches(match, s)
         for f in s.modified + s.added:
-            mf[f] = _newnode
+            mf[f] = newnodeid
             mf.setflag(f, self.flags(f))
         for f in s.removed:
             if f in mf: