diff -r 42e71f5852ee -r 4be845e3932c tests/test-subrepo-recursion.t
--- a/tests/test-subrepo-recursion.t	Mon Oct 17 14:27:34 2011 +0200
+++ b/tests/test-subrepo-recursion.t	Mon Oct 17 16:45:19 2011 +0200
@@ -304,6 +304,47 @@
   archiving (foo/bar) [================================>] 1/1
                                                               \r (esc)
 
+Test archiving a revision that references a subrepo that is not yet
+cloned:
+
+  $ hg clone -U . ../empty
+  $ cd ../empty
+  $ hg archive --subrepos -r tip ../archive.tar.gz 2>&1 | $TESTDIR/filtercr.py
+  
+  archiving [                                           ] 0/3
+  archiving [                                           ] 0/3
+  archiving [=============>                             ] 1/3
+  archiving [=============>                             ] 1/3
+  archiving [===========================>               ] 2/3
+  archiving [===========================>               ] 2/3
+  archiving [==========================================>] 3/3
+  archiving [==========================================>] 3/3
+                                                              
+  archiving (foo) [                                     ] 0/3
+  archiving (foo) [                                     ] 0/3
+  archiving (foo) [===========>                         ] 1/3
+  archiving (foo) [===========>                         ] 1/3
+  archiving (foo) [=======================>             ] 2/3
+  archiving (foo) [=======================>             ] 2/3
+  archiving (foo) [====================================>] 3/3
+  archiving (foo) [====================================>] 3/3
+                                                              
+  archiving (foo/bar) [                                 ] 0/1
+  archiving (foo/bar) [                                 ] 0/1
+  archiving (foo/bar) [================================>] 1/1
+  archiving (foo/bar) [================================>] 1/1
+                                                              
+  cloning subrepo foo from $TESTTMP/repo/foo
+  cloning subrepo foo/bar from $TESTTMP/repo/foo/bar
+  
+The newly cloned subrepos contain no working copy:
+
+  $ hg -R foo summary
+  parent: -1:000000000000  (no revision checked out)
+  branch: default
+  commit: (clean)
+  update: 4 new changesets (update)
+
 Disable progress extension and cleanup:
 
   $ mv $HGRCPATH.no-progress $HGRCPATH