diff -r cc8c09855d19 -r 5f6090e559fa mercurial/scmutil.py
--- a/mercurial/scmutil.py	Thu May 26 17:15:35 2011 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/scmutil.py	Thu May 26 17:15:35 2011 -0500
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@
         wctx = repo[None]
         wlock = repo.wlock()
         try:
-            wctx.remove(deleted)
+            wctx.forget(deleted)
             wctx.add(unknown)
             for new, old in copies.iteritems():
                 wctx.copy(old, new)