diff -r 2bc6cd62a29c -r 08c7851969cc mercurial/dirstate.py
--- a/mercurial/dirstate.py	Wed Nov 02 15:46:31 2005 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/dirstate.py	Wed Nov 02 16:08:48 2005 -0800
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
                         nonexistent = False
                 # XXX: what to do with file no longer present in the fs
                 # who are not removed in the dirstate ?
-                if nonexistent:
+                if nonexistent and type in "nm":
                     deleted.append(fn)
                     continue
             # check the common case first