diff -r 08e0825b8106 -r 154f8be6272b mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py	Tue Feb 19 19:20:10 2008 -0300
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py	Tue Feb 19 19:20:10 2008 -0300
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@
     if follow:
         defrange = '%s:0' % repo.changectx().rev()
     else:
-        defrange = 'tip:0'
+        defrange = '-1:0'
     revs = revrange(repo, opts['rev'] or [defrange])
     wanted = {}
     slowpath = anypats or opts.get('removed')