diff -r 4ad6c4e9e35f -r 3f5ac87ae10f mercurial/merge.py
--- a/mercurial/merge.py	Fri Jul 24 17:57:23 2020 +0530
+++ b/mercurial/merge.py	Fri Jul 24 18:16:29 2020 +0530
@@ -622,6 +622,9 @@
     def setactions(self, actions):
         self._actions = actions
 
+    def updateactions(self, updates):
+        self._actions.update(updates)
+
     def hasconflicts(self):
         """ tells whether this merge resulted in some actions which can
         result in conflicts or not """
@@ -1125,7 +1128,7 @@
 
     if wctx.rev() is None:
         fractions = _forgetremoved(wctx, mctx, branchmerge)
-        mresult.actions.update(fractions)
+        mresult.updateactions(fractions)
 
     prunedactions = sparse.filterupdatesactions(
         repo, wctx, mctx, branchmerge, mresult.actions