diff -r 90994b176bc1 -r 04fbc85f870a mercurial/context.py
--- a/mercurial/context.py	Sun Aug 11 22:51:53 2013 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/context.py	Sun Aug 11 22:53:23 2013 -0500
@@ -491,6 +491,8 @@
         return self._filelog.linkrev(self._filerev)
     def node(self):
         return self._changectx.node()
+    def hex(self):
+        return self._changectx.hex()
 
 class filectx(basefilectx):
     """A filecontext object makes access to data related to a particular
@@ -547,8 +549,6 @@
         return filectx(self._repo, self._path, fileid=fileid,
                        filelog=self._filelog)
 
-    def hex(self):
-        return hex(self.node())
     def user(self):
         return self._changectx.user()
     def date(self):