diff -r 39953bcf1f51 -r 21ffe6b97a25 mercurial/context.py
--- a/mercurial/context.py	Sun Dec 16 16:24:45 2018 +0900
+++ b/mercurial/context.py	Sun Dec 16 16:31:31 2018 +0900
@@ -702,6 +702,10 @@
         if fctx._customcmp:
             return fctx.cmp(self)
 
+        if self._filenode is None:
+            raise error.ProgrammingError(
+                'filectx.cmp() must be reimplemented if not backed by revlog')
+
         if fctx._filenode is None:
             if self._repo._encodefilterpats:
                 # can't rely on size() because wdir content may be decoded